Share of fossil fuels in electricity generation

190 countries, 2024. Unit: % of generation.

First in the ranking
0.0 %
Albania
Median country
64.2 %
half above, half below
World
59.4 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 100.0
Albania - The Gambia

How to read it

Across 190 countries worldwide, the highest value is in The Gambia (100.0 %) and the lowest in Albania (0.0 %).

The median country is at 64.2 %: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value fell from 64.7 % in 2000 to 57.7 % in 2025.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Fossil electricity over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1Albania0.0Europe
2Bhutan0.0Asia
3Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0Africa
4Ethiopia0.0Africa
5Iceland0.0Europe
6Nepal0.0Asia
7Paraguay0.0South America
8Costa Rica0.1North America
9Uruguay1.1South America
10Sweden1.2Europe
11Norway1.4Europe
12Switzerland1.9Europe
13Namibia2.4Africa
14Uganda2.9Africa
15Eswatini3.3Africa
16Malawi4.4Africa
17Finland4.7Europe
18Sierra Leone4.8Africa
19France5.1Europe
20Tajikistan5.4Asia
21Kenya8.5Africa
22Venezuela8.9South America
23El Salvador9.2North America
24Luxembourg9.3Europe
25Brazil10.6South America
26Denmark10.8Europe
27Kyrgyzstan11.2Asia
28Zambia12.5Africa
29Belize12.8North America
30Afghanistan13.1Asia
31Austria13.8Europe
32New Zealand14.0Oceania
33Slovakia14.2Europe
34Portugal14.8Europe
35Lithuania15.7Europe
36Mozambique16.6Africa
37Greenland16.7North America
38Georgia20.2Asia
39Sudan20.3Africa
40Canada22.3North America
41Spain23.3Europe
42Laos23.3Asia
43Belgium23.7Europe
44Slovenia23.9Europe
45Burundi24.5Africa
46Guinea24.8Africa
47Angola26.3Africa
48Hungary26.4Europe
49Latvia26.5Europe
50Croatia26.6Europe
51Cameroon26.9Africa
52Ecuador27.6South America
53Bulgaria28.9Europe
54Chile30.0South America
55Guatemala31.7North America
56Panama32.0North America
57Romania32.8Europe
58United Kingdom35.1Europe
59Fiji36.5Oceania
60North Korea36.6Asia
61Nicaragua37.6North America
62Colombia38.7South America
63Armenia39.0Asia
64Peru39.9South America
65Montenegro40.5Europe
66Germany41.7Europe
67Czechia42.3Europe
68Zimbabwe42.9Africa
69Pakistan43.5Asia
70Estonia44.3Europe
71Honduras44.6North America
72Liberia45.6Africa
73Sri Lanka45.9Asia
74Netherlands46.3Europe
75Suriname47.1South America
76Italy49.8Europe
77Rwanda50.4Africa
78Greece50.8Europe
79Myanmar52.1Asia
80Ireland53.5Europe
81Türkiye54.4Asia
82Lebanon56.2Asia
83Samoa56.3Oceania
84Madagascar57.6Africa
85Vietnam57.7Asia
86United States58.1North America
87Argentina58.8South America
88South Korea60.1Asia
89Bosnia and Herzegovina60.3Europe
90North Macedonia60.5Europe
91Palestine60.6Asia
92China62.3Asia
93Belarus62.7Europe
94Ghana63.8Africa
95Russia64.1Europe
96Cambodia64.3Asia
97Gabon64.6Africa
98Australia64.9Oceania
99Djibouti65.0Africa
100French Polynesia65.3Oceania
101Bolivia66.0South America
102Tanzania67.1Africa
103Serbia67.9Europe
104United Arab Emirates68.3Asia
105Japan68.7Asia
106Poland68.9Europe
107Cabo Verde69.2Africa
108Macao69.2Asia
109Togo70.4Africa
110Côte d'Ivoire71.1Africa
111New Caledonia73.1Oceania
112Equatorial Guinea73.2Africa
113Kiribati75.0Oceania
114Nigeria75.0Africa
115Mexico75.4North America
116Morocco75.6Africa
117Jordan75.9Asia
118Cyprus76.2Asia
119Papua New Guinea76.3Oceania
120Mauritania77.3Africa
121India77.6Asia
122Somalia79.1Africa
123Republic of the Congo79.1Africa
124Philippines79.5Asia
125Nauru80.0Oceania
126Senegal80.2Africa
127Malaysia80.2Asia
128Mali80.5Africa
129Dominican Republic81.1North America
130Haiti81.4North America
131Mauritius82.1Africa
132Burkina Faso82.8Africa
133Aruba83.0North America
134Uzbekistan84.0Asia
135Seychelles84.1Africa
136South Africa84.3Africa
137Malta84.5Europe
138Kazakhstan84.8Asia
139Thailand85.2Asia
140Indonesia85.2Asia
141Tonga85.7Oceania
142Israel86.2Asia
143Saint Vincent and the Grenadines86.7North America
144Jamaica87.4North America
145Azerbaijan88.3Asia
146Yemen88.8Asia
147Egypt88.8Africa
148Eritrea88.9Africa
149Moldova89.3Europe
150Solomon Islands90.9Oceania
151Barbados91.0North America
152Mongolia91.2Asia
153Saint Kitts and Nevis91.3North America
154Guam91.4Oceania
155Kosovo91.4Europe
156Antigua and Barbuda91.9North America
157Iran92.8Asia
158Maldives92.9Asia
159Puerto Rico94.0North America
160American Samoa94.4Oceania
161Chad94.6Africa
162Singapore95.1Asia
163Oman95.1Asia
164Tunisia95.6Africa
165Cayman Islands95.8North America
166Qatar96.0Asia
167Cuba96.0North America
168Benin96.0Africa
169Turks and Caicos Islands96.3North America
170Syria96.5Asia
171Niger96.8Africa
172Guyana97.1South America
173Saint Lucia97.5North America
174Kuwait97.8Asia
175Saudi Arabia97.8Asia
176Bangladesh98.1Asia
177South Sudan98.2Africa
178Iraq98.4Asia
179Algeria98.9Africa
180Hong Kong99.0Asia
181Bahamas99.1North America
182Botswana99.7Africa
183Bahrain99.7Asia
184Brunei99.8Asia
185Trinidad and Tobago99.9North America
186Turkmenistan100.0Asia
187Libya100.0Africa
188The Gambia100.0Africa
189Guinea-Bissau100.0Africa
190Grenada100.0North America
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Biggest changes, 2014-2024

change in percentage points · 190 countries

Largest increase

  1. Mali 41.8 → 80.5 +38.7 pp
  2. Republic of the Congo 44.9 → 79.1 +34.2 pp
  3. Ghana 36.4 → 63.8 +27.4 pp
  4. Cambodia 38.9 → 64.3 +25.5 pp
  5. Laos 0.0 → 23.3 +23.3 pp

Largest decrease

  1. Luxembourg 79.1 → 9.3 −69.8 pp
  2. Liberia 100.0 → 45.6 −54.4 pp
  3. Estonia 88.8 → 44.3 −44.5 pp
  4. Lithuania 59.1 → 15.7 −43.4 pp
  5. Lebanon 98.8 → 56.2 −42.7 pp

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Fossil electricity - continent medians

%

Africa Asia Europe North America South America Oceania

20 40 60 80 100 2000 Africa: 66.67 Asia: 92.47 Europe: 60.37 North America: 93.08 South America: 26.14 Oceania: 95.96 2001 Africa: 71.35 Asia: 93.2 Europe: 62.91 North America: 93.38 South America: 31.37 Oceania: 96.15 2002 Africa: 72.45 Asia: 92.51 Europe: 60.58 North America: 92.95 South America: 36.05 Oceania: 95.98 2003 Africa: 72.73 Asia: 90.82 Europe: 65.66 North America: 92.52 South America: 36.12 Oceania: 95.87 2004 Africa: 72.69 Asia: 90.3 Europe: 61.41 North America: 89.95 South America: 35.78 Oceania: 95.77 2005 Africa: 73.02 Asia: 88.43 Europe: 56.57 North America: 90.47 South America: 36.85 Oceania: 95.51 2006 Africa: 72.88 Asia: 89.84 Europe: 61.65 North America: 91.37 South America: 40.18 Oceania: 95.56 2007 Africa: 69.19 Asia: 90.47 Europe: 62.43 North America: 91.14 South America: 37.97 Oceania: 95.83 2008 Africa: 71.63 Asia: 91.06 Europe: 61.59 North America: 91.66 South America: 39.65 Oceania: 96.1 2009 Africa: 66.67 Asia: 91.47 Europe: 59.69 North America: 90.36 South America: 41.6 Oceania: 95.97 2010 Africa: 71.93 Asia: 90.3 Europe: 54.26 North America: 88.77 South America: 40.54 Oceania: 95.59 2011 Africa: 70.07 Asia: 92.17 Europe: 59.57 North America: 88.69 South America: 37.96 Oceania: 94.03 2012 Africa: 76.64 Asia: 90.73 Europe: 55.66 North America: 86.33 South America: 45.67 Oceania: 93.96 2013 Africa: 78.15 Asia: 90.75 Europe: 53.38 North America: 86.82 South America: 49.22 Oceania: 85.74 2014 Africa: 71.01 Asia: 90.3 Europe: 48.39 North America: 90.7 South America: 50.04 Oceania: 87.57 2015 Africa: 74.84 Asia: 90.04 Europe: 50.46 North America: 90.92 South America: 48.09 Oceania: 85.88 2016 Africa: 76.27 Asia: 88.32 Europe: 45.3 North America: 88.34 South America: 47.84 Oceania: 88.24 2017 Africa: 74.82 Asia: 88.71 Europe: 48.49 North America: 87.2 South America: 41.5 Oceania: 86.05 2018 Africa: 68.28 Asia: 85.71 Europe: 45.15 North America: 85.79 South America: 40.25 Oceania: 83.44 2019 Africa: 69.56 Asia: 85.19 Europe: 44.99 North America: 86.98 South America: 40.54 Oceania: 77.11 2020 Africa: 71.14 Asia: 82.42 Europe: 40.74 North America: 86.25 South America: 35.6 Oceania: 75.38 2021 Africa: 69.33 Asia: 82.83 Europe: 38.2 North America: 86.19 South America: 31.68 Oceania: 75.14 2022 Africa: 70.82 Asia: 80.87 Europe: 40.41 North America: 86.67 South America: 35.16 Oceania: 75 2023 Africa: 73.51 Asia: 78.57 Europe: 32.58 North America: 86.67 South America: 35.37 Oceania: 75 2024 Africa: 70.75 Asia: 77.56 Europe: 28.9 North America: 83 South America: 34.31 Oceania: 75 2000 2008 2012 2016 2024

By continent

median country
Africa 70.8 %
Asia 77.6 %
Europe 28.9 %
North America 83.0 %
South America 34.3 %
Oceania 75.0 %

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