Fossil electricity share by country, 2021, OECD (38 countries)

Electricity generated from oil, natural gas and coal as a share of total electricity production.

38 places ranked for 2021. Highest: Israel (92.2%). Lowest: Iceland (0.0%). The median is 35.0%.

Unit: % of total electricity production Source: World Bank Trend, map and download

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Highest 10

  1. 1. Israel 92.2%
  2. 2. Poland 82.2%
  3. 3. Australia 73.3%
  4. 4. Mexico 71.2%
  5. 5. Japan 68.6%
  6. 6. South Korea 66.2%
  7. 7. Türkiye 64.2%
  8. 8. Netherlands 61.7%
  9. 9. Ireland 61.4%
  10. 10. United States 60.8%

Lowest 10

  1. 38. Iceland 0.0%
  2. 37. Costa Rica 0.0%
  3. 36. Norway 0.6%
  4. 35. Sweden 0.8%
  5. 34. Switzerland 0.8%
  6. 33. Luxembourg 7.8%
  7. 32. France 8.3%
  8. 31. Finland 13.3%
  9. 30. Canada 18.2%
  10. 29. New Zealand 18.5%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Full ranking

Fossil electricity share by country, 2021, OECD (38 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Israel 92.2% 2021
2 Poland 82.2% 2021
3 Australia 73.3% 2021
4 Mexico 71.2% 2021
5 Japan 68.6% 2021
6 South Korea 66.2% 2021
7 Türkiye 64.2% 2021
8 Netherlands 61.7% 2021
9 Ireland 61.4% 2021
10 United States 60.8% 2021
11 Greece 59.4% 2021
12 Estonia 58.7% 2021
13 Italy 58.0% 2021
14 Chile 51.2% 2021
15 Czechia 49.6% 2021
16 Germany 46.6% 2021
17 United Kingdom 43.1% 2021
18 Latvia 36.4% 2021
19 Hungary 35.5% 2021
20 Portugal 34.5% 2021
21 Spain 31.9% 2021
22 Slovenia 27.9% 2021
23 Lithuania 25.9% 2021
24 Belgium 24.6% 2021
25 Slovakia 23.3% 2021
26 Colombia 22.1% 2021
27 Austria 19.1% 2021
28 Denmark 18.6% 2021
29 New Zealand 18.5% 2021
30 Canada 18.2% 2021
31 Finland 13.3% 2021
32 France 8.3% 2021
33 Luxembourg 7.8% 2021
34 Switzerland 0.8% 2021
35 Sweden 0.8% 2021
36 Norway 0.6% 2021
37 Costa Rica 0.0% 2021
38 Iceland 0.0% 2021

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2021, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2021 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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