Ember · Gas Share of Electricity Generation
Gas power by country
What share of electricity comes from natural gas?
Of the 163 countries compared in 2024, Turkmenistan had the highest reading, 99.97%, and 71 countries shared the lowest reading, 0.00%. In the middle country the figure was 2.59%. Among the 160 countries measured in every edition since 2000, the middle one moved from 0.00% to 2.79%.
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Gas power · 2024
Context statistic
Highest of 163Turkmenistan
99.97%012024 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 163 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Highest on each continent
- Africa
Algeria98.59% - AmericasTrinidad and Tobago99.48%
- AsiaTurkmenistan99.97%
- Europe
Moldova85.67% - Oceania
Papua New Guinea19.24% - Every region
02Every measured country
Gas power on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 0.00%
- 0.06–8.98%
- 9.61–26.49%
- 26.55–64.10%
- 64.52–99.97%
- No reading in 2024 (9 measured in an earlier edition)
- Asia
33.49%
the middle country, of 36 measured · 52 members
Turkmenistan99.97%10 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Europe
11.35%
the middle country, of 33 measured · 49 members
Moldova85.67%3 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Africa
0.00%
the middle country, of 46 measured · 55 members
Algeria98.59%28 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Americas
0.00%
the middle country, of 35 measured · 48 members
Trinidad and Tobago99.48%19 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
0.00%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 21 members
Papua New Guinea19.24%11 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Asia
52.61%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 19 members
Bahrain99.74%3 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- South-eastern Asia
46.06%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 11 members
Singapore92.18%
Laos0.00%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Middle Africa
22.04%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Republic of the Congo73.81%2 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Southern Europe
18.63%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 17 members
Malta84.02%2 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
14.62%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 10 members
Moldova85.67%
Czechia5.20%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Western Europe
9.61%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 9 members
Netherlands36.20%
France3.21%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- South America
3.70%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 12 members
Bolivia64.52%2 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Eastern Asia
3.20%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 8 members
Hong Kong64.10%2 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Northern Europe
1.28%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 13 members
Ireland48.60%
Iceland0.00%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Caribbean
0.00%
the middle country, of 17 measured · 24 members
Trinidad and Tobago99.48%11 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central America
0.00%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
Panama20.85%5 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Africa
0.00%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 19 members
Tanzania62.78%13 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Polynesia
0.00%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 7 members
5 share 0.00%
5 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Asia
0.00%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Bangladesh65.88%4 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
0.00%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Nigeria75.00%9 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
1 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: New Zealand.
New Zealand9.79%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Turkmenistan99.97%
Tajikistan0.90%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Papua New Guinea19.24%3 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
3 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Guam, Kiribati, Nauru.
3 share 0.00%
3 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Africa
4 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia.
Algeria98.59%
Sudan0.00%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Greenland, United States.
United States42.59%
Greenland0.00%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Southern Africa
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia.
3 share 0.00%
3 share 0.00%
Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
163 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 2.59%; a quarter are above 36.96%, and a quarter below 0.00%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 172 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better: more gas is cleaner than coal and dirtier than renewables, so the same figure is good news in one country and bad news in another. Oil and diesel are not gas, so an island running on diesel reads zero here; the fossil-fuel column beside it counts every fossil fuel.
Showing 25 of 172 countries
Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
052000–2024 · 25 editions
Over time
Each point is one year from 2000. A new gas field, pipeline or import terminal can move the line in a few years, and so can a switch from coal to gas or from gas to wind and solar.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 160 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 163 | 2.59% | 0.00% – 36.96% | 2.79% |
| 2023 | 171 | 1.04% | 0.00% – 29.66% | 2.84% |
| 2022 | 172 | 0.91% | 0.00% – 31.27% | 3.14% |
| 2021 | 172 | 1.04% | 0.00% – 36.09% | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 172 | 1.01% | 0.00% – 35.47% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 172 | 1.26% | 0.00% – 31.97% | 3.84% |
| 2018 | 172 | 0.71% | 0.00% – 31.80% | 3.00% |
| 2017 | 172 | 0.41% | 0.00% – 30.31% | 2.20% |
| 2016 | 172 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 27.41% | 1.28% |
| 2015 | 172 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 31.32% | 1.43% |
| 2014 | 172 | 0.19% | 0.00% – 25.14% | 1.43% |
| 2013 | 172 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 24.55% | 0.95% |
| 2012 | 172 | 0.05% | 0.00% – 24.40% | 1.14% |
| 2011 | 171 | 0.66% | 0.00% – 27.68% | 1.18% |
| 2010 | 171 | 0.41% | 0.00% – 26.96% | 1.26% |
| 2009 | 171 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 22.26% | 0.59% |
| 2008 | 171 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 25.71% | 0.21% |
| 2007 | 171 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 22.17% | 0.03% |
| 2006 | 171 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 20.53% | 0.00% |
| 2005 | 171 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 20.98% | 0.00% |
| 2004 | 170 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 17.73% | 0.00% |
| 2003 | 170 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 16.75% | 0.00% |
| 2002 | 169 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 18.10% | 0.00% |
| 2001 | 169 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 17.08% | 0.00% |
| 2000 | 169 | 0.00% | 0.00% – 16.98% | 0.00% |
062023 → 2024
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → after
Macau56.06% → 62.82%+6.76
Greece32.66% → 37.72%+5.06
Latvia22.26% → 26.49%+4.24
Colombia19.19% → 22.20%+3.01- Republic of the Congo71.08% → 73.81%+2.73
Fell most
before → after
Portugal22.58% → 11.91%−10.68- Tanzania69.82% → 62.78%−7.04
Peru45.08% → 39.18%−5.90
Belarus64.66% → 58.93%−5.74
Uzbekistan80.73% → 75.22%−5.51
163 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024. The field changed from 171 to 163 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Gas power in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
Reached 45 times by 3 countries — shared, so no holder is named
100.00%
Natural gas (% of electricity generated)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 2160 times by 102 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0.00%
Natural gas (% of electricity generated)
Biggest rise between editions
+78.18
0.00% → 78.18%
Biggest fall between editions
−44.13
71.18% → 27.05%
Biggest change since first measured
+84.02
0.00% → 84.02%
Highest most often
11 of 25
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About gas power
This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from natural gas. It is the fuel behind most of the power in the Gulf, North Africa, Central Asia and much of the Americas.
What the number is: Natural gas (% of electricity generated).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Energy, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where gas power is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 162 countries in commonρ 0.71
- Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 163 countries in commonρ 0.59
- Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 163 countries in commonρ 0.56
Moves against
Where gas power is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 99 countries in commonρ −0.47
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 350 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
The countries at either end
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11Questions
Gas power: questions and answers
Which country has the highest gas power?
Turkmenistan, at 99.97%, among the 163 countries compared in 2024.
Which country has the lowest gas power?
71 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00%, among the 163 compared in 2024, so no single country is named.
How many countries does the Gas Share of Electricity Generation cover?
163 in 2024, and 172 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 163 to 172 between editions.
What is the world average gas power?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 163 compared in 2024, the figure was 2.59%.
Is this Ember’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. Ember publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Gas Share of Electricity Generation published?
This site holds 25 editions, describing 2000 to 2024.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From Ember, under CC BY 4.0. From Ember’s Yearly Electricity Data, the same public download its own data explorer offers. The percentages are Ember’s own, not recomputed here; where Ember prints no gas row for a country, the country is left out rather than shown as zero. Some countries are not shown — India, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom among them — because Ember takes their figures from publishers whose terms do not allow reuse on a commercial site. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Gas Share of Electricity Generation — Ember
From Ember’s Yearly Electricity Data, the same public download its own data explorer offers. The percentages are Ember’s own, not recomputed here; where Ember prints no gas row for a country, the country is left out rather than shown as zero. Some countries are not shown — India, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom among them — because Ember takes their figures from publishers whose terms do not allow reuse on a commercial site.
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: Ember. Yearly Electricity Data. London: Ember (Ember Energy Research CIC).
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-10-02.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: Ember publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Gas power by country: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, data from Ember. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/gas-electricity