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Electricity generation from fossil fuels

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•214 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
85.0terawatt-hours
Median: 3.0terawatt-hours
Countries Covered
214
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
6,175.3terawatt-hours
Lowest
Bhutan
0.0terawatt-hours
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China6,175.3terawatt-hours
2United States of America2,576.2terawatt-hours
3India1,526.8terawatt-hours
4Russian Federation767.2terawatt-hours
5Japan693.0terawatt-hours
By Region
North America749.0terawatt-hours(4 countries)
Asia430.5terawatt-hours(27 countries)
Oceania90.4terawatt-hours(2 countries)
Africa65.8terawatt-hours(9 countries)
South America36.3terawatt-hours(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0terawatt-hours)High (6,175.3terawatt-hours)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 85.0terawatt-hours)

North America (4)
Asia (27)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Other (133)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1People's Republic of China6,175.3terawatt-hours
2United States of America2,576.2terawatt-hours
3India1,526.8terawatt-hours
4Russian Federation767.2terawatt-hours
5Japan693.0terawatt-hours
6Saudi Arabia444.8terawatt-hours
7South Korea375.1terawatt-hours
8Islamic Republic of Iran373.2terawatt-hours
9Indonesia304.3terawatt-hours
10Mexico264.4terawatt-hours
11Taiwan, Province of China249.8terawatt-hours
12Egypt213.7terawatt-hours
13Germany204.7terawatt-hours
14Türkiye200.8terawatt-hours
15South Africa199.5terawatt-hours
16Australia175.8terawatt-hours
17Vietnam169.2terawatt-hours
18Malaysia159.6terawatt-hours
19Thailand157.0terawatt-hours
20Canada150.2terawatt-hours
21Iraq147.3terawatt-hours
22Italy135.6terawatt-hours
23United Arab Emirates121.0terawatt-hours
24Poland118.7terawatt-hours
25Kazakhstan105.3terawatt-hours
26United Kingdom104.0terawatt-hours
27Bangladesh101.2terawatt-hours
28Algeria95.3terawatt-hours
29Philippines94.4terawatt-hours
30Kuwait90.4terawatt-hours
31Argentina89.4terawatt-hours
32Pakistan88.0terawatt-hours
33Brazil84.7terawatt-hours
34Spain73.0terawatt-hours
35Uzbekistan69.9terawatt-hours
36Israel68.2terawatt-hours
37Netherlands61.9terawatt-hours
38Singapore56.9terawatt-hours
39Qatar53.9terawatt-hours
40Oman50.4terawatt-hours
41Bahrain37.9terawatt-hours
42Hong Kong37.1terawatt-hours
43Libya34.6terawatt-hours
44Morocco33.8terawatt-hours
45Turkmenistan33.0terawatt-hours
46Ukraine31.0terawatt-hours
47Czech Republic30.8terawatt-hours
48Chile29.8terawatt-hours
49France29.4terawatt-hours
50Greece29.3terawatt-hours
51Nigeria28.5terawatt-hours
52Belarus27.2terawatt-hours
53Serbia26.4terawatt-hours
54Azerbaijan24.7terawatt-hours
55Syrian Arab Republic24.0terawatt-hours
56Peru22.0terawatt-hours
57Tunisia21.4terawatt-hours
58Colombia20.8terawatt-hours
59Belgium20.4terawatt-hours
60Puerto Rico19.0terawatt-hours
61Cuba18.7terawatt-hours
62Jordan18.0terawatt-hours
63Dominican Republic17.3terawatt-hours
64Romania16.2terawatt-hours
65Ireland16.1terawatt-hours
66Ghana15.5terawatt-hours
67Lao People's Democratic Republic12.2terawatt-hours
68Austria12.0terawatt-hours
69Myanmar11.3terawatt-hours
70Bulgaria10.7terawatt-hours
71Cambodia10.5terawatt-hours
72Hungary9.9terawatt-hours
73North Korea9.9terawatt-hours
74Portugal9.7terawatt-hours
75Trinidad and Tobago9.5terawatt-hours
76Mongolia8.9terawatt-hours
77Bolivia8.7terawatt-hours
78Bosnia and Herzegovina8.2terawatt-hours
79Cote d'Ivoire7.7terawatt-hours
80Ecuador7.5terawatt-hours
81Venezuela7.1terawatt-hours
82Sri Lanka6.6terawatt-hours
83Senegal6.1terawatt-hours
84United Republic of Tanzania5.9terawatt-hours
85Honduras5.6terawatt-hours
86Brunei Darussalam5.6terawatt-hours
87Moldova, Republic of5.5terawatt-hours
88Guatemala5.0terawatt-hours
89New Zealand5.0terawatt-hours
90Mali4.8terawatt-hours
91Yemen4.7terawatt-hours
92Zimbabwe4.4terawatt-hours
93Republic of the Congo4.3terawatt-hours
94Slovakia4.3terawatt-hours
95Jamaica4.3terawatt-hours
96Panama4.3terawatt-hours
97Cyprus4.3terawatt-hours
98Angola4.1terawatt-hours
99Papua New Guinea3.6terawatt-hours
100The Republic of North Macedonia3.6terawatt-hours
101Croatia3.5terawatt-hours
102Botswana3.4terawatt-hours
103Armenia3.3terawatt-hours
104Mozambique3.3terawatt-hours
105Slovenia3.1terawatt-hours
106Finland3.0terawatt-hours
107Lebanon3.0terawatt-hours
108Sudan3.0terawatt-hours
109Denmark2.9terawatt-hours
110Mauritius2.8terawatt-hours
111Georgia2.8terawatt-hours
112Estonia2.5terawatt-hours
113Zambia2.5terawatt-hours
114Kyrgyzstan2.4terawatt-hours
115New Caledonia2.3terawatt-hours
116Bahamas2.2terawatt-hours
117Sweden2.1terawatt-hours
118Lithuania2.0terawatt-hours
119Cameroon2.0terawatt-hours
120Malta1.8terawatt-hours
121Guam1.7terawatt-hours
122Nicaragua1.7terawatt-hours
123Latvia1.7terawatt-hours
124Gabon1.7terawatt-hours
125Norway1.6terawatt-hours
126Mauritania1.6terawatt-hours
127Switzerland1.5terawatt-hours
128Kenya1.4terawatt-hours
129Madagascar1.4terawatt-hours
130Burkina Faso1.4terawatt-hours
131Tajikistan1.4terawatt-hours
132Guyana1.3terawatt-hours
133Reunion1.3terawatt-hours
134Martinique1.1terawatt-hours
135Equatorial Guinea1.1terawatt-hours
136Guadeloupe1.1terawatt-hours
137Barbados1.0terawatt-hours
138Guinea1.0terawatt-hours
139Benin1.0terawatt-hours
140Niger0.9terawatt-hours
141El Salvador0.9terawatt-hours
142Aruba0.8terawatt-hours
143Suriname0.8terawatt-hours
144Maldives0.8terawatt-hours
145Haiti0.7terawatt-hours
146Cayman Islands0.7terawatt-hours
147Virgin Islands, U.S.0.7terawatt-hours
148State of Palestine0.6terawatt-hours
149Montenegro0.6terawatt-hours
150Bermuda0.6terawatt-hours
151Rwanda0.6terawatt-hours
152South Sudan0.6terawatt-hours
153Macao0.5terawatt-hours
154Seychelles0.5terawatt-hours
155Republic of The Gambia0.5terawatt-hours
156Timor-Leste0.5terawatt-hours
157Togo0.5terawatt-hours
158French Polynesia0.5terawatt-hours
159Fiji0.4terawatt-hours
160Eritrea0.4terawatt-hours
161Saint Lucia0.4terawatt-hours
162Cape Verde0.4terawatt-hours
163Chad0.4terawatt-hours
164French Guiana0.3terawatt-hours
165Somalia0.3terawatt-hours
166Antigua and Barbuda0.3terawatt-hours
167Faroe Islands0.3terawatt-hours
168Liberia0.3terawatt-hours
169Turks and Caicos Islands0.3terawatt-hours
170Uruguay0.3terawatt-hours
171Grenada0.2terawatt-hours
172Gibraltar0.2terawatt-hours
173Saint Kitts and Nevis0.2terawatt-hours
174Uganda0.2terawatt-hours
175American Samoa0.2terawatt-hours
176Virgin Islands, British0.2terawatt-hours
177Comoros0.1terawatt-hours
178Dominica0.1terawatt-hours
179Djibouti0.1terawatt-hours
180Luxembourg0.1terawatt-hours
181Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.1terawatt-hours
182Afghanistan0.1terawatt-hours
183Burundi0.1terawatt-hours
184Greenland0.1terawatt-hours
185Solomon Islands0.1terawatt-hours
186Western Sahara0.1terawatt-hours
187Samoa0.1terawatt-hours
188Malawi0.1terawatt-hours
189Guinea-Bissau0.1terawatt-hours
190Sao Tome and Principe0.1terawatt-hours
191Vanuatu0.1terawatt-hours
192Tonga0.1terawatt-hours
193Belize0.1terawatt-hours
194Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.1terawatt-hours
195Namibia0.0terawatt-hours
196Nauru0.0terawatt-hours
197Kiribati0.0terawatt-hours
198Cook Islands0.0terawatt-hours
199Eswatini0.0terawatt-hours
200Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.0terawatt-hours
201Montserrat0.0terawatt-hours
202Saint Helena0.0terawatt-hours
203Sierra Leone0.0terawatt-hours
204Central African Republic0.0terawatt-hours
205Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0terawatt-hours
206Costa Rica0.0terawatt-hours
207Ethiopia0.0terawatt-hours
208Iceland0.0terawatt-hours
209Lesotho0.0terawatt-hours
210Nepal0.0terawatt-hours
211Niue0.0terawatt-hours
212Paraguay0.0terawatt-hours
213Albania0.0terawatt-hours
214Bhutan0.0terawatt-hours
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Topics

#environmental#terawatt-hours#electricity#generation#from#fossil#fuels

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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