Data for 2012

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

Figures for 2012, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 86 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.05. Against 2011, 86 values changed (41 up, 45 down), 1 country joined.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012

Highest2 countries share it

100.00

Lowest86 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

172countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
86distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012: every country, as published by Ember.

BahrainBHRWestern Asia	100.00	100.00	24.77
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	100.00	100.00	17.75
QatarQATWestern Asia	99.97	99.97	34.80
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	99.78	100.00	9.12
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	98.98	100.00	3.93
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	98.26	98.26	17.84
OmanOMNWestern Asia	97.56	100.00	25.02
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	97.07	98.92	57.40
BelarusBLREastern Europe	96.69	99.32	30.81
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	95.01	95.35	5.81
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	89.90	92.16	22.97
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	86.59	88.77	2.76
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	84.30	97.29	46.94
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	83.88	98.13	48.62
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	83.33	85.19	0.54
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	82.64	87.45	53.00
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	80.20	80.20	28.74
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	67.57	73.71	7.00
BoliviaBOLSouth America	66.53	67.48	7.41
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	64.00	73.78	4.50
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	60.46	99.97	34.29
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	57.05	90.73	32.27
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	55.31	83.98	102.27
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	52.56	67.55	5.67
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	52.06	80.41	27.16
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	51.23	100.00	61.12
GabonGABMiddle Africa	43.98	57.87	2.16
ItalyITASouthern Europe	43.74	68.77	295.25
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	43.63	72.77	239.49
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	43.48	43.48	7.82
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	41.28	41.28	1.72
PeruPERSouth America	39.16	44.75	39.96
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	33.39	33.39	6.17
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	33.17	99.90	38.53
YemenYEMWestern Asia	31.40	100.00	7.07
United StatesUSANorthern America	30.34	68.78	4,040.67
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	28.92	37.68	81.51
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	27.65	62.92	98.10
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.15	46.77	34.62
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	26.95	71.55	72.89
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	25.68	25.68	9.62
TogoTGOWestern Africa	25.00	71.88	0.32
SpainESPSouthern Europe	24.94	49.50	293.95
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	24.22	99.46	22.30
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	23.75	50.24	10.57
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	23.48	57.37	45.44
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	22.50	83.09	59.91
IraqIRQWestern Asia	22.34	90.46	46.02
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	21.33	28.67	11.16
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	21.07	87.87	16.90
VenezuelaVENSouth America	20.75	36.05	128.31
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	20.14	28.27	43.75
JordanJORWestern Asia	18.57	99.58	16.59
ChileCHLSouth America	18.47	63.72	69.57
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	16.79	34.07	12.15
IsraelISRWestern Asia	16.78	99.22	63.01
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	14.90	54.90	58.54
ColombiaCOLSouth America	14.26	22.11	63.06
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	14.14	25.23	68.65
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	13.71	51.46	30.57
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	13.41	63.27	3.73
CubaCUBCaribbean	11.34	96.26	18.43
EcuadorECUSouth America	10.30	46.59	22.73
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	10.07	25.94	28.30
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	9.56	26.79	70.41
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	5.34	21.36	5.43
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	5.08	54.74	46.46
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	4.79	83.39	6.26
FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.01	10.03	567.59
PolandPOLEastern Europe	3.88	89.55	161.48
SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.87	90.61	3.62
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.41	36.59	15.55
BelizeBLZCentral America	2.63	7.90	0.38
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.56	53.85	0.39
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	2.22	78.09	4,978.24
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	1.77	100.00	1.13
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.72	55.66	86.58
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.53	1.77	146.18
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.33	74.30	36.19
SurinameSURSouth America	1.20	50.90	1.67
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.09	87.71	11.96
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.74	0.74	14.97
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.55	2.46	166.44
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.53	6.59	15.03
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.41	0.41	16.97
UruguayURYSouth America	0.09	35.38	10.60
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.00	15.91	0.88
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.00	0.00	4.72
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.00	100.00	0.16
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.00	29.02	7.72
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.33
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.00	84.78	0.92
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.00	100.00	1.90
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.05
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.00	0.00	6.74
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.35
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.00	82.81	0.64
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.15
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.00	81.58	0.38
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.61
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.00	16.67	0.18
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.00	95.83	0.24
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.06
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.00	8.21	10.11
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.00	94.49	4.72
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.39
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.00	0.13	7.52
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.32
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.00	7.69	0.52
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	0.00	62.07	0.29
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.00	33.72	0.86
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	0.00	70.83	0.72
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	0.00	24.44	0.45
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.00	100.00	1.78
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.00	33.33	9.36
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.00	32.88	0.73
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.00	95.83	0.96
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.00	80.00	1.10
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.00	53.57	7.84
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.00	0.00	17.29
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.00	89.79	4.31
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.00	22.52	8.17
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	12.93
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.00	93.93	16.46
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.49
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
MacauMACEastern Asia	0.00	58.93	0.56
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.00	50.64	1.56
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.00	6.34	2.05
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.40
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.00	42.86	2.31
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.00	98.70	2.30
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.00	85.42	0.96
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.00	79.57	2.79
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.00	98.75	4.81
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.00	48.07	2.85
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.00	2.99	1.67
NauruNRUMicronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.00	0.57	3.53
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.00	79.91	2.29
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.00	57.32	4.03
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.39
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.00	37.45	21.36
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.46
PanamaPANCentral America	0.00	37.05	8.61
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.00	0.00	60.23
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.00	95.46	0.22
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.00	63.64	0.11
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.00	87.50	0.08
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.41
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.00	33.33	0.18
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.00	100.00	0.08
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.34
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.44
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.00	29.68	9.50
TongaTONPolynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.00	10.00	2.90
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.87
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.00	100.00	0.06
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.00	0.16	12.37
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.00	39.78	9.15

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Bahrainshared100.00
Turkmenistanshared100.00
Qatar99.97
Trinidad and Tobago99.78
Brunei98.98

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest39 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 76.19
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.99

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
86values changed, of 171 in both
41 · 45rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait39.16 → 51.23+12.07
Togo14.29 → 25.00+10.71
Armenia33.15 → 43.48+10.33
Yemen21.58 → 31.40+9.82
Puerto Rico15.27 → 24.22+8.94

Fell most

Macau40.45 → 0.00−40.45
Israel33.14 → 16.78−16.36
Latvia49.43 → 33.39−16.04
Iraq33.40 → 22.34−11.06
Ghana25.55 → 16.79−8.76

+ South Sudan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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86 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 86 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2012). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2012

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