Data for 2019

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2019

Figures for 2019, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 100.000; 80 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 1.255. Against 2018, 91 values changed (54 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2019

HighestTurkmenistan

100.000

Lowest80 countries share it

0.000

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
2019the year it describes
93distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Ember.

TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	100.000	100.00	22.50
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	99.940	99.94	33.11
QatarQATWestern Asia	99.740	99.74	50.00
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	99.457	99.89	9.20
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	98.468	98.93	81.61
OmanOMNWestern Asia	96.966	99.85	38.89
BelarusBLREastern Europe	96.861	97.43	40.46
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	95.604	97.21	54.14
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	95.413	96.87	22.02
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	93.497	93.50	5.69
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	92.909	93.10	25.95
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	89.249	100.00	4.93
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	88.406	89.86	2.07
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	82.694	89.82	63.56
JordanJORWestern Asia	81.150	85.58	20.53
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	80.320	98.60	85.11
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	76.659	76.66	36.46
TogoTGOWestern Africa	75.410	78.69	0.61
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	67.609	72.24	3.89
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	67.143	67.86	1.40
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	67.138	99.97	34.63
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	66.792	66.89	10.66
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	65.766	66.80	7.77
IsraelISRWestern Asia	63.403	95.17	72.71
BoliviaBOLSouth America	61.041	63.84	10.37
BeninBENWestern Africa	59.259	98.15	0.54
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	58.909	77.75	120.05
IraqIRQWestern Asia	57.669	95.64	115.21
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	56.503	99.87	75.04
MacauMACEastern Asia	53.571	73.81	0.84
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	51.539	61.29	30.87
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	50.466	50.47	6.44
ItalyITASouthern Europe	48.864	60.06	289.99
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	45.116	96.51	22.32
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	42.068	99.57	36.94
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	41.561	57.69	17.30
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	40.721	40.72	7.49
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	39.843	96.19	19.15
GabonGABMiddle Africa	38.732	53.52	2.84
PeruPERSouth America	38.210	39.46	56.87
United StatesUSANorthern America	38.135	62.24	4,158.38
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.096	63.07	134.97
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	33.450	46.88	51.60
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	31.470	43.74	19.32
SpainESPSouthern Europe	30.944	41.10	270.52
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	30.240	66.42	47.95
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	27.554	32.06	92.69
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	27.155	87.28	4.64
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	26.208	38.53	8.28
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	26.081	87.45	21.28
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	25.379	38.77	34.28
VenezuelaVENSouth America	25.015	41.62	85.15
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	24.706	49.41	0.85
PanamaPANCentral America	24.141	47.25	11.64
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	23.946	23.95	11.86
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	21.079	79.21	106.03
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	20.791	33.99	12.65
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	19.905	20.64	18.99
ChileCHLSouth America	18.897	53.79	83.98
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	18.282	56.20	300.18
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	17.757	25.23	1.07
ColombiaCOLSouth America	16.705	30.52	78.78
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	16.354	77.17	5.87
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	16.014	22.71	70.69
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	15.569	26.05	3.34
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	15.231	38.89	58.76
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	14.252	73.60	4.28
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	12.389	17.58	43.75
CubaCUBCaribbean	11.836	95.70	20.70
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	10.883	22.26	28.21
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.367	26.80	15.82
YemenYEMWestern Asia	9.756	85.37	3.28
PolandPOLEastern Europe	9.068	84.40	163.22
NigerNERWestern Africa	7.463	97.02	0.67
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	7.150	21.45	29.37
FranceFRAWestern Europe	6.939	9.48	565.52
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	6.778	52.98	85.72
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.611	18.74	68.61
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.918	44.99	43.72
EcuadorECUSouth America	4.284	22.22	32.45
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.398	31.66	15.89
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3.112	68.84	7,471.53
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.830	96.23	1.06
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.818	71.49	36.86
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.539	2.06	133.83
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1.479	8.54	20.96
SenegalSENWestern Africa	1.031	86.60	5.82
SurinameSURSouth America	0.980	52.45	2.04
UruguayURYSouth America	0.747	1.74	16.07
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.601	8.42	14.97
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.526	71.88	7.61
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.172	1.99	168.42
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.000	12.33	1.46
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.000	0.00	5.20
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.000	100.00	0.16
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000	97.22	0.36
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000	82.83	0.99
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000	100.00	2.01
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.000	13.46	0.52
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.000	0.00	8.65
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.000	99.60	2.51
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000	100.00	0.16
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000	83.75	1.60
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000	30.77	0.39
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.000	81.82	0.44
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000	97.22	0.72
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.15
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000	94.29	0.35
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.11
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.000	75.00	0.04
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.000	0.88	11.42
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.000	89.90	5.15
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.09
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000	85.71	0.14
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.000	0.09	11.79
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.000	87.50	0.40
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.000	8.16	0.49
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	0.000	60.53	0.38
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.000	42.11	1.14
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	0.000	71.01	0.69
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.46
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	0.000	16.33	0.49
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000	100.00	0.24
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.000	95.43	1.75
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.000	36.14	12.70
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.000	36.10	2.05
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.08
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.000	96.52	1.15
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.000	83.96	1.06
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.000	47.09	10.66
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.000	0.00	19.36
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.000	11.33	11.56
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.000	75.00	0.04
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.000	36.52	31.24
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.000	94.81	21.59
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.39
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.000	69.05	0.42
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.000	61.54	2.47
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.000	3.89	1.80
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.000	96.30	0.81
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000	61.68	3.81
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.000	70.06	1.57
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000	78.33	3.23
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.000	90.06	6.94
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.000	43.73	3.43
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000	100.00	0.01
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.000	3.62	1.38
NauruNRUMicronesia	0.000	100.00	0.04
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.000	0.00	6.15
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000	86.19	3.33
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.000	43.01	4.58
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.000	53.60	23.88
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.000	85.19	0.81
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.000	0.00	49.59
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000	95.65	0.23
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000	97.62	0.42
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000	86.67	0.15
SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.000	58.82	0.17
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000	90.91	0.11
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000	92.98	0.57
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.000	5.00	0.20
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000	100.00	0.10
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000	94.60	0.37
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.55
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000	36.25	16.22
TongaTONPolynesia	0.000	85.71	0.07
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000	100.00	0.26
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.000	3.06	4.58
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000	98.49	0.66
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000	66.67	0.09
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.000	15.35	14.79
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.000	48.35	8.48

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Turkmenistan100.000
Bahrain99.940
Qatar99.740
Trinidad and Tobago99.457
Algeria98.468

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.000
Zambiashared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.255. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest15 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 69.56
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.69

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 172 in both
54 · 37rose · fell
81unchanged

Rose most

Togo35.000 → 75.410+40.410
Benin31.579 → 59.259+27.680
Panama5.536 → 24.141+18.605
Jamaica11.869 → 27.155+15.286
Macau40.000 → 53.571+13.571

Fell most

Türkiye30.015 → 18.282−11.733
Pakistan44.520 → 34.096−10.424
Brunei98.837 → 89.249−9.588
Bolivia67.629 → 61.041−6.588
Papua New Guinea20.183 → 14.252−5.931

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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93 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 80 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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Ember (2019). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2019

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