environmental2025
Share of electricity generated by 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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
58.2%
Median: 64.7%
Countries Covered
213
with available data
Highest
Comoros
100.0%
Lowest
Bhutan
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Comoros100.0%
2Falkland Islands (Malvinas)100.0%
3Republic of The Gambia100.0%
4Gibraltar100.0%
5Grenada100.0%
By Region
Asia76.0%(27 countries)
Other64.2%(132 countries)
Africa57.0%(9 countries)
North America46.4%(4 countries)
Oceania36.4%(2 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 58.2%)
Asia (27)
Other (132)
Africa (9)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 100.0% |
| 2 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100.0% |
| 3 | Republic of The Gambia | 100.0% |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 100.0% |
| 5 | Grenada | 100.0% |
| 6 | Montserrat | 100.0% |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 100.0% |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 100.0% |
| 9 | Saint Helena | 100.0% |
| 10 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100.0% |
| 11 | Western Sahara | 100.0% |
| 12 | Virgin Islands, British | 100.0% |
| 13 | Libya | 100.0% |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.9% |
| 16 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.8% |
| 17 | Bahrain | 99.7% |
| 18 | Botswana | 99.7% |
| 19 | Bahamas | 99.1% |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 99.0% |
| 21 | Algeria | 98.9% |
| 22 | Iraq | 98.4% |
| 23 | Bermuda | 98.4% |
| 24 | South Sudan | 98.2% |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 97.9% |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 97.8% |
| 27 | Kuwait | 97.8% |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 97.5% |
| 29 | Guyana | 97.1% |
| 30 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 97.1% |
| 31 | Niger | 96.8% |
| 32 | Syrian Arab Republic | 96.5% |
| 33 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 96.3% |
| 34 | Benin | 96.0% |
| 35 | Cuba | 96.0% |
| 36 | Tunisia | 96.0% |
| 37 | Qatar | 95.9% |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | 95.8% |
| 39 | Oman | 95.5% |
| 40 | Chad | 94.6% |
| 41 | Singapore | 94.5% |
| 42 | American Samoa | 94.4% |
| 43 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 94.3% |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | 93.6% |
| 45 | Maldives | 92.9% |
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 91.9% |
| 47 | Mongolia | 91.6% |
| 48 | Guam | 91.4% |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 91.3% |
| 50 | Barbados | 91.0% |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 90.9% |
| 52 | Eritrea | 88.9% |
| 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88.9% |
| 54 | Moldova, Republic of | 88.8% |
| 55 | Yemen | 88.8% |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 87.9% |
| 57 | Jamaica | 87.4% |
| 58 | Egypt | 87.0% |
| 59 | Dominica | 86.7% |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86.7% |
| 61 | Taiwan, Province of China | 86.6% |
| 62 | Tonga | 85.7% |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 85.1% |
| 64 | Seychelles | 84.1% |
| 65 | Malta | 84.0% |
| 66 | Thailand | 83.4% |
| 67 | Israel | 83.1% |
| 68 | Aruba | 83.0% |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 82.8% |
| 70 | South Africa | 82.2% |
| 71 | Mauritius | 82.1% |
| 72 | Indonesia | 81.9% |
| 73 | Haiti | 81.4% |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 80.6% |
| 75 | Mali | 80.5% |
| 76 | Senegal | 80.2% |
| 77 | Nauru | 80.0% |
| 78 | Malaysia | 79.3% |
| 79 | Republic of the Congo | 79.1% |
| 80 | Somalia | 79.1% |
| 81 | Mauritania | 77.3% |
| 82 | Philippines | 76.7% |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 76.3% |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 76.2% |
| 85 | Morocco | 76.0% |
| 86 | Jordan | 75.9% |
| 87 | Kiribati | 75.0% |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 75.0% |
| 89 | Martinique | 74.2% |
| 90 | Mexico | 74.1% |
| 91 | India | 73.3% |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 73.2% |
| 93 | New Caledonia | 73.1% |
| 94 | Cyprus | 72.3% |
| 95 | Serbia | 72.2% |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 71.1% |
| 97 | Togo | 70.4% |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 69.2% |
| 99 | Macao | 69.2% |
| 100 | Nigeria | 68.7% |
| 101 | Poland | 68.5% |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 68.3% |
| 103 | Japan | 67.3% |
| 104 | United Republic of Tanzania | 67.1% |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 65.3% |
| 106 | Djibouti | 65.0% |
| 107 | Guadeloupe | 64.7% |
| 108 | Gabon | 64.6% |
| 109 | Russian Federation | 64.3% |
| 110 | Bolivia | 63.9% |
| 111 | Ghana | 63.8% |
| 112 | Australia | 61.4% |
| 113 | State of Palestine | 60.6% |
| 114 | South Korea | 60.0% |
| 115 | Cambodia | 59.1% |
| 116 | Belarus | 58.6% |
| 117 | Argentina | 58.4% |
| 118 | People's Republic of China | 58.3% |
| 119 | Madagascar | 57.6% |
| 120 | United States of America | 57.0% |
| 121 | Türkiye | 56.7% |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.4% |
| 123 | Samoa | 56.3% |
| 124 | Lebanon | 56.2% |
| 125 | Vietnam | 54.6% |
| 126 | Faroe Islands | 53.1% |
| 127 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 52.8% |
| 128 | Myanmar | 52.1% |
| 129 | Ireland | 51.9% |
| 130 | Italy | 51.2% |
| 131 | Rwanda | 50.4% |
| 132 | Greece | 50.3% |
| 133 | Cook Islands | 50.0% |
| 134 | Suriname | 47.1% |
| 135 | Netherlands | 45.8% |
| 136 | Liberia | 45.6% |
| 137 | Pakistan | 45.1% |
| 138 | Honduras | 44.6% |
| 139 | Reunion | 43.3% |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 42.9% |
| 141 | Germany | 40.9% |
| 142 | Czech Republic | 40.8% |
| 143 | Estonia | 40.4% |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 38.4% |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 37.6% |
| 146 | North Korea | 36.6% |
| 147 | Fiji | 36.5% |
| 148 | Peru | 36.4% |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 35.6% |
| 150 | French Guiana | 34.7% |
| 151 | Armenia | 34.1% |
| 152 | Chile | 33.6% |
| 153 | Romania | 32.5% |
| 154 | Panama | 32.0% |
| 155 | Guatemala | 31.7% |
| 156 | Bulgaria | 28.1% |
| 157 | Belgium | 28.0% |
| 158 | Ukraine | 27.8% |
| 159 | Latvia | 27.0% |
| 160 | Cameroon | 26.9% |
| 161 | Angola | 26.3% |
| 162 | Spain | 25.4% |
| 163 | Guinea | 24.8% |
| 164 | Hungary | 24.7% |
| 165 | Burundi | 24.5% |
| 166 | Montenegro | 24.4% |
| 167 | Croatia | 23.7% |
| 168 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 23.3% |
| 169 | Canada | 23.0% |
| 170 | Colombia | 23.0% |
| 171 | Lithuania | 22.4% |
| 172 | Slovenia | 21.1% |
| 173 | Ecuador | 20.6% |
| 174 | Georgia | 20.4% |
| 175 | Sudan | 20.3% |
| 176 | Portugal | 19.0% |
| 177 | Greenland | 16.7% |
| 178 | Mozambique | 16.6% |
| 179 | Austria | 16.4% |
| 180 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.3% |
| 181 | Slovakia | 14.8% |
| 182 | El Salvador | 13.5% |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 13.1% |
| 184 | Belize | 12.8% |
| 185 | Zambia | 12.5% |
| 186 | New Zealand | 11.5% |
| 187 | Brazil | 11.3% |
| 188 | Kenya | 10.0% |
| 189 | Venezuela | 8.9% |
| 190 | Denmark | 8.8% |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 8.4% |
| 192 | Tajikistan | 5.6% |
| 193 | France | 5.1% |
| 194 | Sierra Leone | 4.8% |
| 195 | Malawi | 4.4% |
| 196 | Finland | 3.7% |
| 197 | Eswatini | 3.3% |
| 198 | Uganda | 2.9% |
| 199 | Namibia | 2.4% |
| 200 | Switzerland | 2.3% |
| 201 | Uruguay | 2.2% |
| 202 | Sweden | 1.2% |
| 203 | Norway | 1.0% |
| 204 | Central African Republic | 0.0% |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0% |
| 206 | Costa Rica | 0.0% |
| 207 | Ethiopia | 0.0% |
| 208 | Iceland | 0.0% |
| 209 | Lesotho | 0.0% |
| 210 | Nepal | 0.0% |
| 211 | Paraguay | 0.0% |
| 212 | Albania | 0.0% |
| 213 | Bhutan | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).
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