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FIELD LISTING :: ELECTRICITY - FROM FOSSIL FUELS
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

Country | ELECTRICITY - FROM FOSSIL FUELS(% OF TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY)
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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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