Electricity from oil, gas and coal
Electricity generated from oil, natural gas and coal as a share of total electricity production.
Highest in 2021
100.0%
Comoros
Lowest in 2021
0.0%
Bhutan
Euro area, 2021
34.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2021
207
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
207 countries have a value for 2021, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 57.6% | – | – |
| 2024 | – | 58.3% | 61.6% | 75.8% |
| 2023 | 48.7% | 59.3% | 64.7% | 77.3% |
| 2022 | 60.7% | 60.0% | 64.8% | 74.9% |
| 2021 | 61.5% | 60.8% | 66.2% | 75.6% |
| 2020 | 61.4% | 60.4% | 66.6% | 76.0% |
| 2019 | 62.9% | 62.5% | 67.9% | 77.4% |
| 2018 | 64.1% | 63.6% | 69.6% | 79.7% |
| 2017 | 64.7% | 62.8% | 70.9% | 80.5% |
| 2016 | 65.3% | 64.9% | 71.3% | 81.2% |
| 2015 | 66.1% | 66.8% | 72.8% | 81.9% |
| 2014 | 66.7% | 67.1% | 75.1% | 80.7% |
| 2013 | 67.1% | 67.5% | 77.3% | 79.5% |
| 2012 | 67.7% | 68.5% | 77.7% | 80.9% |
| 2011 | 67.8% | 68.1% | 81.0% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | 66.9% | 69.9% | 79.2% | 80.7% |
| 2009 | 66.6% | 69.1% | 80.2% | 82.1% |
| 2008 | 67.3% | 71.0% | 80.3% | 81.5% |
| 2007 | 67.7% | 71.5% | 82.8% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | 66.5% | 70.9% | 82.5% | 79.5% |
| 2005 | 66.1% | 71.7% | 81.7% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 65.8% | 70.9% | 81.5% | 82.8% |
| 2003 | 66.1% | 70.8% | 82.7% | 83.8% |
| 2002 | 64.9% | 70.6% | 80.9% | 84.7% |
| 2001 | 64.4% | 71.7% | 79.9% | 83.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 207 countries with a value for 2021, the highest is Comoros (100.0%) and the lowest Bhutan (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 66.7% and half below.
- From 2020 to 2021 the value rose in 18 countries and fell in 31.
- The figure for the world was 61.5% in 2021, against 65.3% in 2016 (−3.8 percentage points).
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All countries in 2021 Every value is for 2021, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Comoros 100.0%
- 2 Gibraltar 100.0%
- 3 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.0%
- 4 Turkmenistan 100.0%
- 5 Libya 100.0%
- 6 Trinidad and Tobago 99.9%
- 7 Brunei 99.9%
- 8 Bahrain 99.9%
- 9 Kuwait 99.8%
- 10 Saudi Arabia 99.7%
- 11 Botswana 99.7%
- 12 Timor-Leste 99.6%
- 13 Bahamas 99.5%
- 14 Hong Kong SAR, China 99.3%
- 15 Saint Martin (French part) 99.2%
- 16 Algeria 99.2%
- 17 South Sudan 98.7%
- 18 Bangladesh 98.6%
- 19 Benin 98.6%
- 20 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.5%
- 21 Gambia 98.4%
- 22 Oman 98.1%
- 23 Grenada 98.0%
- 24 British Virgin Islands 97.7%
- 25 Marshall Islands 97.6%
- 26 US Virgin Islands 97.5%
- 27 Saint Lucia 97.5%
- 28 Iraq 97.2%
- 29 Cayman Islands 97.1%
- 30 Syria 96.7%
- 31 Niger 96.6%
- 32 American Samoa 96.1%
- 33 Singapore 96.1%
- 34 Tunisia 95.9%
- 35 Seychelles 95.5%
- 36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 95.5%
- 37 Puerto Rico (US) 95.4%
- 38 Palau 95.4%
- 39 Guam 95.2%
- 40 Micronesia 95.1%
- 41 Iran 94.9%
- 42 Cuba 94.7%
- 43 Antigua and Barbuda 94.3%
- 44 Azerbaijan 94.2%
- 45 Maldives 94.2%
- 46 São Tomé and Príncipe 93.9%
- 47 Kosovo 93.6%
- 48 Moldova 93.4%
- 49 Solomon Islands 93.4%
- 50 Uzbekistan 93.0%
- 51 Guinea-Bissau 92.9%
- 52 Guyana 92.9%
- 53 Barbados 92.7%
- 54 Israel 92.2%
- 55 Lebanon 91.4%
- 56 Naoero 90.2%
- 57 Haiti 89.8%
- 58 Yemen 89.7%
- 59 Kazakhstan 89.1%
- 60 United Arab Emirates 89.0%
- 61 Mongolia 88.9%
- 62 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 88.8%
- 63 Eritrea 88.2%
- 64 Malta 88.1%
- 65 Egypt 87.8%
- 66 Jamaica 87.2%
- 67 Tonga 85.8%
- 68 South Africa 85.6%
- 69 Aruba 85.2%
- 70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.0%
- 71 Cyprus 84.9%
- 72 Tuvalu 84.2%
- 73 Indonesia 83.7%
- 74 Kiribati 83.6%
- 75 Dominican Republic 83.4%
- 76 Belarus 82.9%
- 77 Senegal 82.9%
- 78 Thailand 82.5%
- 79 Poland 82.2%
- 80 Cabo Verde 81.7%
- 81 Burkina Faso 81.7%
- 82 Malaysia 80.9%
- 83 Mauritania 80.6%
- 84 Dominica 79.7%
- 85 Mauritius 78.5%
- 86 Philippines 78.0%
- 87 Morocco 77.8%
- 88 New Caledonia 77.5%
- 89 Nigeria 77.3%
- 90 Jordan 77.0%
- 91 Togo 76.8%
- 92 French Polynesia 76.3%
- 93 Côte d'Ivoire 76.1%
- 94 India 75.6%
- 95 West Bank and Gaza 75.5%
- 96 Curaçao 75.1%
- 97 Vanuatu 74.8%
- 98 Australia 73.3%
- 99 Mexico 71.2%
- 100 Republic of the Congo 70.9%
- 101 North Macedonia 70.0%
- 102 Japan 68.6%
- 103 Equatorial Guinea 67.4%
- 104 Madagascar 66.7%
- 105 China 66.2%
- 106 South Korea 66.2%
- 107 Ghana 65.3%
- 108 Serbia 65.1%
- 109 Tanzania 65.1%
- 110 Argentina 65.0%
- 111 Djibouti 64.6%
- 112 Türkiye 64.2%
- 113 Pakistan 63.6%
- 114 Faroe Islands 61.9%
- 115 Netherlands 61.7%
- 116 Bolivia 61.7%
- 117 Ireland 61.4%
- 118 Russia 61.2%
- 119 United States 60.8%
- 120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.7%
- 121 Papua New Guinea 60.0%
- 122 Greece 59.4%
- 123 Myanmar 59.1%
- 124 Estonia 58.7%
- 125 Italy 58.0%
- 126 Viet Nam 55.9%
- 127 Gabon 55.7%
- 128 Suriname 51.4%
- 129 Chile 51.2%
- 130 Sri Lanka 51.1%
- 131 Samoa 50.9%
- 132 Czechia 49.6%
- 133 Germany 46.6%
- 134 United Kingdom 43.1%
- 135 Bulgaria 43.1%
- 136 Armenia 42.9%
- 137 Liberia 42.6%
- 138 Cambodia 41.8%
- 139 Rwanda 41.2%
- 140 Fiji 39.9%
- 141 Burundi 38.7%
- 142 Honduras 38.3%
- 143 Montenegro 38.2%
- 144 Peru 38.2%
- 145 Mali 37.7%
- 146 North Korea 36.7%
- 147 Latvia 36.4%
- 148 Romania 36.2%
- 149 Hungary 35.5%
- 150 Zimbabwe 35.3%
- 151 Portugal 34.5%
- 152 Sudan 34.2%
- 153 Ukraine 32.3%
- 154 Spain 31.9%
- 155 Panama 31.7%
- 156 Nicaragua 30.8%
- 157 Croatia 30.1%
- 158 Cameroon 28.6%
- 159 Slovenia 27.9%
- 160 Angola 27.6%
- 161 Guatemala 26.5%
- 162 Laos 26.5%
- 163 Lithuania 25.9%
- 164 Sierra Leone 24.7%
- 165 Belgium 24.6%
- 166 Slovakia 23.3%
- 167 Greenland 23.0%
- 168 Colombia 22.1%
- 169 Afghanistan 21.8%
- 170 Brazil 20.0%
- 171 Malawi 19.9%
- 172 Austria 19.1%
- 173 Ecuador 19.0%
- 174 Georgia 18.8%
- 175 Denmark 18.6%
- 176 New Zealand 18.5%
- 177 Canada 18.2%
- 178 Mozambique 17.0%
- 179 El Salvador 15.5%
- 180 Uruguay 15.3%
- 181 Kyrgyzstan 14.4%
- 182 Finland 13.3%
- 183 Guinea 11.9%
- 184 Venezuela 11.3%
- 185 Kenya 10.2%
- 186 Tajikistan 10.0%
- 187 France 8.3%
- 188 Zambia 8.0%
- 189 Luxembourg 7.8%
- 190 Belize 7.1%
- 191 Andorra 6.7%
- 192 Central African Republic 3.5%
- 193 Eswatini 2.9%
- 194 Namibia 2.9%
- 195 Uganda 2.4%
- 196 Switzerland 0.8%
- 197 Sweden 0.8%
- 198 Norway 0.6%
- 199 Lesotho 0.2%
- 200 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 201 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0%
- 202 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 203 Iceland 0.0%
- 204 Paraguay 0.0%
- 205 Nepal 0.0%
- 206 Albania 0.0%
- 207 Bhutan 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 67.8%
- Euro area 34.9%
- Europe and Central Asia 44.8%
- European Union 36.1%
- Latin America and Caribbean 39.3%
- Middle East and North Africa 91.9%
- North America 55.4%
- OECD members 51.8%
- South Asia 75.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 63.5%
- World 61.5%
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