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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 Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Electricity - from fossil fuels field
Country | Electricity - from fossil fuels
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Afghanistan | 45% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Albania | 5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Algeria | 96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
American Samoa | 98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Andorra | 61% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Angola | 34% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | 97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Argentina | 69% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Armenia | 58% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Aruba | 87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Australia | 72% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Austria | 25% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Azerbaijan | 84% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bahamas, The | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bahrain | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bangladesh | 97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Barbados | 93% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Belarus | 96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Belgium | 35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Belize | 51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Benin | 88% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bermuda | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bhutan | 1% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bolivia | 76% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Botswana | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Brazil | 17% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Brunei | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bulgaria | 39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Burkina Faso | 80% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Burma | 39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Burundi | 14% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cabo Verde | 79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cambodia | 35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cameroon | 52% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Canada | 23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cayman Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Central African Republic | 50% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Chad | 98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Chile | 59% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
China | 62% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Colombia | 29% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Comoros | 96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 64% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cook Islands | 79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Costa Rica | 18% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 60% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Croatia | 45% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cuba | 91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cyprus | 85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Czechia | 60% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Denmark | 46% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Djibouti | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Dominica | 72% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Dominican Republic | 77% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ecuador | 43% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Egypt | 91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
El Salvador | 49% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Eritrea | 99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Estonia | 72% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Eswatini | 39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ethiopia | 3% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
European Union | 44% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 74% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Faroe Islands | 54% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Fiji | 34% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Finland | 41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
France | 17% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
French Polynesia | 70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Gabon | 51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Gambia, The | 97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Georgia | 35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Germany | 41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ghana | 58% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Gibraltar | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Greece | 57% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Greenland | 51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Grenada | 96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guam | 94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guatemala | 41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guinea | 33% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guyana | 89% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Haiti | 82% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Honduras | 40% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Hong Kong | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Hungary | 64% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Iceland | 4% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
India | 71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Indonesia | 85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Iran | 84% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Iraq | 91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ireland | 65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Israel | 95% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Italy | 54% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Jamaica | 83% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Japan | 71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Jordan | 87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kazakhstan | 86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kenya | 33% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kiribati | 73% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Korea, North | 45% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Korea, South | 70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kosovo | 97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kuwait | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 24% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Laos | 28% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Latvia | 39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Lebanon | 88% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Lesotho | 0% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Liberia | 57% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Libya | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Lithuania | 73% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Luxembourg | 25% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Macau | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Macedonia | 60% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Madagascar | 74% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Malawi | 1% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Malaysia | 78% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Maldives | 96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mali | 68% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Malta | 81% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Marshall Islands | 81% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mauritania | 65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mauritius | 79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mexico | 71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 96% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Moldova | 86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mongolia | 87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Montenegro | 23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Montserrat | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Morocco | 68% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mozambique | 16% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Namibia | 28% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nauru | 86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nepal | 5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Netherlands | 75% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
New Caledonia | 87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
New Zealand | 23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nicaragua | 56% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Niger | 95% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nigeria | 80% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Niue | 87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Norway | 3% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Oman | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Pakistan | 62% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Panama | 36% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 63% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Paraguay | 0% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Peru | 61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Philippines | 67% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Poland | 79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Portugal | 41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Puerto Rico | 94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Qatar | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Romania | 47% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Russia | 68% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Rwanda | 42% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Lucia | 99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Samoa | 48% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | 88% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Senegal | 82% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Serbia | 65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Seychelles | 91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sierra Leone | 23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Singapore | 98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Slovakia | 36% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Slovenia | 37% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Solomon Islands | 92% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Somalia | 93% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
South Africa | 85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
South Sudan | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Spain | 47% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sri Lanka | 52% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sudan | 44% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Suriname | 61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sweden | 5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Switzerland | 3% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Syria | 83% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Taiwan | 79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tajikistan | 6% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tanzania | 55% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Thailand | 76% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Timor-Leste | 0% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Togo | 70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tonga | 74% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tunisia | 94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Turkey | 53% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Turkmenistan | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tuvalu | 96% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Uganda | 19% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ukraine | 65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
United Kingdom | 50% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
United States | 70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Uruguay | 29% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Uzbekistan | 86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Vanuatu | 71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Venezuela | 51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Vietnam | 56% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Virgin Islands | 98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
West Bank | 78% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Western Sahara | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
World | 63% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Yemen | 79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Zambia | 5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Zimbabwe | 58% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)

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