Data for 2017

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

Figures for 2017, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 100.00; 83 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.41. Against 2016, 87 values changed (46 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

HighestTurkmenistan

100.00

Lowest83 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
2017the year it describes
90distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Ember.

TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	100.00	100.000	23.89
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	99.97	99.966	29.23
QatarQATWestern Asia	99.69	99.694	45.70
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	99.57	99.893	9.32
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	98.80	100.000	4.16
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	98.67	99.159	76.07
BelarusBLREastern Europe	97.10	97.740	34.51
OmanOMNWestern Asia	97.07	99.945	36.15
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	95.77	97.085	20.58
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	95.10	97.112	52.28
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	93.35	93.750	4.96
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	86.79	92.238	24.22
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	83.25	86.949	60.84
JordanJORWestern Asia	79.69	93.263	20.78
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	78.69	98.244	73.45
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	78.18	89.697	1.65
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	77.96	78.755	10.12
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	75.81	75.806	32.24
BoliviaBOLSouth America	73.93	74.870	9.59
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	68.60	99.970	33.28
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	66.42	67.164	1.34
IsraelISRWestern Asia	63.46	97.494	67.44
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	61.10	65.205	7.07
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	57.27	95.770	18.44
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	55.37	59.060	2.98
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	52.85	99.942	68.89
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	50.93	70.737	30.79
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	49.75	82.049	116.04
GabonGABMiddle Africa	49.55	58.036	2.24
ItalyITASouthern Europe	48.05	64.432	292.09
MacauMACEastern Asia	45.58	85.714	1.47
BeninBENWestern Africa	43.75	100.000	0.32
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	39.64	46.673	21.04
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	38.11	38.114	7.53
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	37.74	68.740	130.36
PeruPERSouth America	37.70	41.396	52.71
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	37.17	70.655	297.29
IraqIRQWestern Asia	36.07	97.606	93.58
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	33.68	99.594	36.94
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	32.80	60.792	57.59
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	32.23	97.741	16.38
United StatesUSANorthern America	31.99	62.684	4,052.31
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	31.26	74.818	54.80
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	30.00	57.368	13.30
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	28.65	84.167	19.20
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	27.49	27.490	7.53
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	26.97	32.001	85.34
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	26.25	39.507	11.77
VenezuelaVENSouth America	25.01	41.609	103.80
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	24.44	33.333	0.90
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	23.91	40.522	32.92
SpainESPSouthern Europe	23.51	46.409	272.38
YemenYEMWestern Asia	23.46	95.309	4.05
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21.99	36.646	8.05
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	21.78	75.445	94.36
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	20.00	72.184	4.35
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	19.32	19.493	11.44
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	18.72	88.356	4.38
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	16.92	53.846	0.65
ChileCHLSouth America	16.91	56.455	78.93
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	16.85	28.933	3.56
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	16.78	43.658	63.54
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	16.26	23.908	67.09
TogoTGOWestern Africa	16.05	74.074	0.81
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	15.99	18.781	43.66
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	15.82	19.501	17.64
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	14.82	76.964	5.60
ColombiaCOLSouth America	14.03	20.900	78.47
CubaCUBCaribbean	13.61	96.111	20.57
FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.29	11.781	555.74
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.54	29.450	30.90
EcuadorECUSouth America	6.22	26.482	27.83
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	6.09	21.152	27.42
PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.90	85.798	169.91
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	4.89	20.098	67.52
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.31	55.725	85.76
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.30	51.650	44.84
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3.09	71.201	6,571.65
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	2.99	33.146	16.05
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.89	97.115	1.04
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.51	74.506	36.44
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.39	1.882	148.27
SenegalSENWestern Africa	1.27	88.771	4.72
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.78	8.523	15.37
SurinameSURSouth America	0.55	48.066	1.81
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.46	85.866	13.16
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.37	28.585	10.81
UruguayURYSouth America	0.21	1.533	14.35
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.20	2.113	164.23
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.00	13.492	1.26
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.00	0.000	4.53
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.00	100.000	0.16
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.00	97.143	0.35
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.00	85.567	0.97
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.00	100.000	1.99
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.00	5.000	0.40
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.00	0.000	7.65
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.00	100.000	3.02
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.00	85.714	1.12
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.00	25.000	0.28
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.00	81.395	0.43
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.00	98.529	0.68
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.15
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.00	93.750	0.32
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.09
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.00	0.355	11.28
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.00	91.400	5.00
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.06
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.00	76.923	0.13
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.00	0.106	9.42
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.00	97.059	0.34
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.00	4.651	0.43
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	0.00	48.485	0.33
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.00	50.000	1.02
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	0.00	68.116	0.69
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.31
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	0.00	24.000	0.50
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.00	100.000	0.23
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.00	96.610	1.77
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.00	31.361	12.34
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.00	30.508	1.77
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.00	96.429	1.12
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.00	87.736	1.06
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.00	42.644	9.38
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.07
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.00	19.114	10.83
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.00	35.179	31.07
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.00	97.741	21.25
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.54
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.35
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.00	58.081	1.98
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.00	0.000	1.91
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.00	97.260	0.73
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.00	54.360	3.44
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.00	75.556	1.35
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.00	80.064	3.11
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.00	95.854	6.03
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.00	54.839	2.48
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.00	3.955	1.77
NauruNRUMicronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.00	0.000	4.58
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.00	86.378	3.23
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.00	44.027	4.52
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.00	98.214	0.56
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.00	49.509	23.43
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.00	90.909	0.55
PanamaPANCentral America	0.00	28.170	11.04
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.00	0.000	59.82
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.00	100.000	0.22
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.00	100.000	0.40
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.00	68.750	0.16
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.10
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.00	98.039	0.51
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.00	39.130	0.23
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.00	100.000	0.10
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.00	94.595	0.37
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.54
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.00	39.490	15.70
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.00	5.411	18.11
TongaTONPolynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.00	100.000	0.29
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.00	1.852	3.78
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.00	98.333	0.60
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.00	13.668	14.56
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.00	45.298	7.55

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

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 0.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest23 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 74.662
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.55

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
87values changed, of 172 in both
46 · 41rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Malta0.00 → 78.18+78.18
Macau0.00 → 45.58+45.58
Benin3.70 → 43.75+40.05
Jamaica1.11 → 18.72+17.61
Croatia12.62 → 26.25+13.63

Fell most

Latvia45.79 → 27.49−18.30
Lithuania27.27 → 16.85−10.42
Yemen32.85 → 23.46−9.39
Luxembourg32.91 → 24.44−8.47
Peru45.63 → 37.70−7.93

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.

The site’s method

90 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 83 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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Ember (2017). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2017

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