Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity by Country 2023
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Fossil Fuel Share of Electricity by Country 2023Every 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.
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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
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
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