environmental2024

Share of primary energy consumption that comes from fossil fuels

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data79 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
78.5%
Median: 80.9%
Countries Covered
79
with available data
Highest
Turkmenistan
100.0%
Lowest
Iceland
19.5%
Top 5 Countries
1Turkmenistan100.0%
2Trinidad and Tobago100.0%
3Kuwait99.9%
4Algeria99.8%
5Singapore99.5%
By Region
Africa95.1%(4 countries)
Asia91.0%(23 countries)
Other90.3%(10 countries)
North America79.4%(3 countries)
Oceania71.4%(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (19.5%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 78.5%)

Africa (4)
Asia (23)
Other (10)
North America (3)
Oceania (2)
South America (6)
Europe (31)

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 2024; 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
1Turkmenistan100.0%
2Trinidad and Tobago100.0%
3Kuwait99.9%
4Algeria99.8%
5Singapore99.5%
6Iraq99.4%
7Saudi Arabia99.3%
8Qatar99.2%
9Hong Kong99.0%
10Bangladesh98.9%
11Oman98.9%
12Islamic Republic of Iran98.1%
13Azerbaijan95.7%
14Uzbekistan95.4%
15South Africa95.0%
16Kazakhstan94.9%
17Egypt94.2%
18Thailand92.6%
19Malaysia91.7%
20Taiwan, Province of China91.4%
21Morocco91.3%
22United Arab Emirates91.0%
23Mexico90.4%
24Israel90.2%
25India89.7%
26Cyprus89.2%
27Indonesia89.0%
28Russian Federation88.2%
29Philippines87.2%
30Poland87.0%
31Belarus86.8%
32Luxembourg85.7%
33Australia85.3%
34The Republic of North Macedonia84.0%
35Japan83.0%
36Argentina82.6%
37South Korea82.5%
38Estonia82.1%
39Pakistan81.2%
40Netherlands80.9%
41United States of America80.3%
42People's Republic of China80.3%
43Türkiye80.2%
44Italy79.1%
45Greece78.9%
46Vietnam78.5%
47Ireland77.8%
48Sri Lanka76.8%
49Belgium76.6%
50Lithuania76.6%
51Germany76.0%
52Ecuador74.6%
53Venezuela74.2%
54Colombia73.9%
55United Kingdom73.5%
56Peru73.3%
57Romania73.3%
58Croatia72.2%
59Hungary72.2%
60Czech Republic71.7%
61Latvia70.3%
62Ukraine70.0%
63Chile67.7%
64Canada67.4%
65Spain65.8%
66Slovakia63.9%
67Bulgaria63.3%
68Portugal60.3%
69Denmark58.3%
70New Zealand57.4%
71Slovenia57.0%
72Austria56.7%
73Brazil49.4%
74France46.1%
75Switzerland43.2%
76Finland36.8%
77Norway28.2%
78Sweden27.8%
79Iceland19.5%
Showing 79 of 79 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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