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FIELD LISTING :: ELECTRICITY - FROM FOSSIL FUELS Print
This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.


Country Comparison to the World

CountryELECTRICITY - FROM FOSSIL FUELS(% OF TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY)
Afghanistan 23.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Albania 5.2% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Algeria 98% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
American Samoa 100% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Andorra 61.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Angola 39.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Argentina 68.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Armenia 32.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Aruba 90.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Australia 79.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Austria 20.8% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Azerbaijan 84.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bahrain 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bangladesh 97.7% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Barbados 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Belarus 99.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Belgium 46.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Belize 48.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Benin 99.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bermuda 100% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Bhutan 0.7% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Bolivia 63.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.8% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Botswana 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Brazil 18.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Brunei 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bulgaria 46% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Burkina Faso 86.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Burma 26.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Burundi 1.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cabo Verde 68.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cambodia 32.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cameroon 28.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Canada 31.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cayman Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Central African Republic 43.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Chad 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Chile 60.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
China 67.3% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Colombia 32.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Comoros 95.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 51.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Cook Islands 98.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Costa Rica 29.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 60.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Croatia 37.1% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Cuba 99.3% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Cyprus 86.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Czech Republic 63.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Denmark 61.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Djibouti 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Dominica 20.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Dominican Republic 85.2% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Ecuador 56% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Egypt 90% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
El Salvador 53.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 90.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Eritrea 98.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Estonia 91.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Ethiopia 9.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
European Union 50.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 90% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Faroe Islands 64.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Fiji 49% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Finland 52.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
France 24.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
French Polynesia 79% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Gabon 59% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Gambia, The 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Georgia 38.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Germany 51% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Ghana 45% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Gibraltar 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Greece 70.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Greenland 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Grenada 98.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guam 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guatemala 55.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guinea 67.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guyana 96% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Haiti 77.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Honduras 60% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Hong Kong 100% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Hungary 70.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iceland 4.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
India 68.7% of total installed capacity (26 February 2014 est.)
Indonesia 84.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iran 86.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iraq 92% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Ireland 77.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Israel 97.4% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Italy 66.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Jamaica 91.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Japan 71% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Jordan 99.6% of total installed capacity (2013)
Kazakhstan 88.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Kenya 43.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Kiribati 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Korea, North 40.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Korea, South 69.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Kuwait 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 21.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Laos 1.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Latvia 26.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Lebanon 88.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Lesotho 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Liberia 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Libya 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Lithuania 88.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Luxembourg 76.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Macau 100% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Macedonia 64.5% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Madagascar 74% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Malawi 0.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Malaysia 89.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Maldives 99.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Mali 48.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Malta 91.7% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Mauritania 66.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Mauritius 96.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Mexico 75.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Moldova 96.4% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Mongolia 99.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Montenegro 24.6% of total installed capacity (20113 est.)
Montserrat 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Morocco 73.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Mozambique 10.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Namibia 31.8% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Nauru 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Nepal 7.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Netherlands 85.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
New Caledonia 76.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
New Zealand 30.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Nicaragua 57.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Nigeria 67.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Niger 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Niue 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Norway 4.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Oman 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Pakistan 68% of total installed capacity (FY2013 est.)
Panama 43.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea 61.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Paraguay 0.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Peru 59.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Philippines 66.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Poland 91.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Portugal 42.4% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Puerto Rico 97.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Qatar 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Romania 50% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Russia 69.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Rwanda 39.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 95.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Lucia 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 97.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Samoa 71.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 75% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saudi Arabia 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Senegal 99.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Serbia 59.2% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Seychelles 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sierra Leone 33.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Singapore 95.3% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Slovakia 43.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Slovenia 36.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Solomon Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Somalia 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
South Africa 90.4% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
South Sudan 30.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Spain 43% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Sri Lanka 55.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sudan 30.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Suriname 54.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Swaziland 59.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sweden 9.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Switzerland 3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Syria 89.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Taiwan 72.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Tajikistan 9% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Tanzania 33.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Thailand 89% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Togo 21.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Tonga 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 99.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Tunisia 97.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Turkey 62.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 100% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Tuvalu 96% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Uganda 21% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Ukraine 64.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
United Kingdom 76% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
United States 76.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Uruguay 41.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Uzbekistan 86% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Vanuatu 89.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Venezuela 35.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Vietnam 55% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Virgin Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
West Bank 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Western Sahara 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
World 67.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Yemen 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Zambia 0.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Zimbabwe 62.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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