Data for 2021

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2021

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2021
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This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from natural gas. It is the fuel behind most of the power in the Gulf, North Africa, Central Asia and much of the Americas.

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 99.97; 79 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.04. Against 2020, 92 values changed (41 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2021

HighestTurkmenistan

99.97

Lowest79 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

172countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
94distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2021: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.97	99.965	28.40
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.88	99.882	33.91
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.71	99.710	51.79
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.46	99.892	9.27
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.62	99.054	85.60
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.75	96.895	21.90
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	94.89	97.096	55.79
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	94.63	98.293	41.00
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.79	93.393	6.66
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	92.26	94.530	27.79
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	86.04	87.838	2.22
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.07	92.973	71.44
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	79.34	79.337	39.20
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	78.76	98.230	1.13
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	78.04	82.909	41.25
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	77.54	100.000	5.70
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	76.49	99.971	34.79
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	75.95	76.123	11.35
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.99	98.589	95.65
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.66	77.013	21.36
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.86	73.723	4.11
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.81	92.148	74.12
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	67.61	77.465	0.71
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.43	67.133	1.43
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	62.50	65.217	22.08
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.97	63.121	8.65
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.46	99.282	36.22
Bolivia`BOL`South America	59.34	61.546	10.87
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.83	96.904	120.46
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.39	86.667	4.35
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	50.84	99.740	80.80
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.44	59.253	285.49
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	50.00	58.000	0.50
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	47.76	62.949	31.74
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	46.89	63.380	120.89
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.78	43.782	7.72
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.39	96.131	21.71
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41.46	59.200	54.24
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.44	50.651	19.98
United States`USA`Northern America	38.02	60.487	4,153.62
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.50	53.378	2.96
Peru`PER`South America	37.15	38.428	56.99
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	36.41	36.410	5.85
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	35.98	82.221	21.43
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.08	61.104	148.32
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.74	64.600	327.88
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	31.63	35.920	49.22
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	28.37	39.070	4.30
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.03	70.163	5.53
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	27.27	95.351	19.36
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.23	37.099	8.41
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	26.73	36.565	36.10
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.41	32.665	270.75
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.66	26.479	99.40
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.00	41.000	1.00
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.58	82.877	2.92
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.52	30.311	15.11
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	18.99	75.276	4.53
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.83	18.829	12.64
Chile`CHL`South America	18.05	51.112	88.10
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.66	77.865	105.76
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.92	35.758	58.56
Colombia`COL`South America	16.31	24.929	84.36
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.12	17.020	18.86
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.93	20.879	66.67
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.71	24.242	29.70
Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.21	20.765	82.93
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.82	19.512	1.23
Panama`PAN`Central America	13.13	21.635	12.11
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.68	18.278	43.55
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.85	24.570	16.85
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.86	95.569	17.83
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.85	82.907	178.79
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.74	50.550	83.66
Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.04	97.183	0.71
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.46	43.244	47.22
France`FRA`Western Europe	6.05	8.877	550.31
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.31	14.325	72.11
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.68	20.717	32.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.52	18.804	32.12
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.38	67.114	8,495.85
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.34	28.480	15.59
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.86	66.498	37.46
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.89	92.453	1.06
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.50	9.942	20.72
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.12	14.399	15.14
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.96	51.675	2.09
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.56	60.083	7.19
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.30	79.730	6.66
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.20	0.681	157.13
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.17	1.781	171.78
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.07	26.503	15.47
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.06	15.385	15.99
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	12.264	1.06
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	8.94
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.17
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	94.286	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	83.000	1.00
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	99.510	2.04
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	13.889	0.36
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	10.82
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	99.598	2.49
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	81.871	1.71
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	30.769	0.39
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	81.395	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	97.143	0.70
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	95.349	0.43
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.13
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.000	12.73
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	84.766	5.12
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	65.000	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	85.714	0.14
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	14.19
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	88.095	0.42
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	3.922	0.51
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	60.465	0.43
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	37.736	1.06
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	71.212	0.66
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.50
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	15.686	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	95.402	1.74
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	26.923	3.64
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	96.491	1.14
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	87.379	1.03
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	38.579	11.12
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.39
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.178	12.38
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	26.459	44.90
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	90.716	10.34
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.53
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	65.789	0.38
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	66.798	2.53
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	4.372	1.83
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	94.048	0.84
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	60.914	3.94
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	71.519	1.58
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	78.595	2.99
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	88.844	7.44
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	38.196	3.77
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	2.649	1.51
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	9.63
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	77.663	2.91
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	30.879	4.21
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	36.676	25.63
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	75.824	0.91
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	40.84
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	95.455	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	97.500	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	85.714	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	52.941	0.17
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	90.909	0.11
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	86.667	0.60
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	5.000	0.20
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	89.474	0.38
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	98.246	0.57
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	37.345	17.70
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.26
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.467	5.27
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	96.970	0.66
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	75.000	0.08
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	8.014	17.72
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	29.288	8.57

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest11 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 66.144
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,495.85
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.58

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

+0 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 172 in both
41 · 51rose · fell
80unchanged

Rose most

Macau37.50 → 50.00+12.50
Türkiye22.54 → 32.74+10.20
Yemen13.95 → 21.58+7.63
North Macedonia21.35 → 28.03+6.68
Côte d’Ivoire69.27 → 75.95+6.67

Fell most

Netherlands59.46 → 46.89−12.57
Belarus90.01 → 78.04−11.97
Bangladesh82.94 → 72.99−9.95
Togo75.41 → 67.61−7.80
Lithuania36.17 → 28.37−7.80

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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94 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 79 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2021). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2021

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