Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity by Country 2023
About This Dataset
Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity by Country 2023
Share of electricity generated from all fossil fuels combined - coal, gas and oil - in 2023, as measured by Ember. Covers countries that generated at least 10 TWh of electricity in the year, so very small island grids do not dominate the ranking.
Analysis
Every country in this top fifteen generated more than 95% of its electricity from fossil fuels in 2023, led by Libya at 100.0%. The list is dominated by Gulf and North African oil and gas producers, joined by Hong Kong and Singapore - two dense city grids with almost no land for renewables - and by Bangladesh, much the most populous country here. What the ranking does not contain is as telling as what it does: not one of the fifteen is a large industrial economy, because every one of those has at least some nuclear, hydro or wind in the mix.
Source:
Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
Key Findings
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Libya and Turkmenistan are level at the top on 100 Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity Generation in 2023.
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Average Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity Generation in 2023: 97.84 · median: 98.30.
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Gap in 2023: Libya is 1.1× larger than Oman.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2023 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity Generation
- Last updated
- 15 August 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
Data Sources & References
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