| Field Listing :: Electricity - from fossil fuels | 
| This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity. | |
| Country Comparison to the World | 
Country  | 
    
    Electricity - from fossil fuels(% of total installed capacity) | 
|---|
| Afghanistan | 23.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Albania | 5.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Algeria | 97.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| American Samoa | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Andorra | 61.3% of total installed capacity | 
| Angola | 56.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Antigua and Barbuda | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Argentina | 66.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Armenia | 55.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Aruba | 88.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Australia | 78.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Austria | 27.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Azerbaijan | 84.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Bahamas, The | 100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Bahrain | 100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Bangladesh | 97.7% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Barbados | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Belarus | 99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Belgium | 43.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Belize | 51.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Benin | 98.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Bermuda | 98.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Bhutan | 1.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Bolivia | 63.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Botswana | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Brazil | 19.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| British Virgin Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Brunei | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Bulgaria | 45.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Burkina Faso | 87.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Burma | 53.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Burundi | 1.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Cabo Verde | 96.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Cambodia | 94.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Cameroon | 27.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Canada | 31.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Cayman Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Central African Republic | 43.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Chad | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Chile | 62% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| China | 69.1% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Colombia | 32.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Comoros | 83.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Congo, Republic of the | 51.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Cook Islands | 98.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Costa Rica | 32.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Cote d'Ivoire | 50.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Croatia | 45.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Cuba | 99.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Cyprus | 94.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Czech Republic | 63.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Denmark | 63% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Djibouti | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Dominica | 19.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Dominican Republic | 90.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Ecuador | 55.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Egypt | 87.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| El Salvador | 52.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Equatorial Guinea | 97.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Eritrea | 98.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Estonia | 93.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Ethiopia | 9.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 90% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Faroe Islands | 64.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Fiji | 49% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Finland | 52.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| France | 22.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| French Polynesia | 74.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Gabon | 59% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Gambia, The | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Georgia | 37.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Germany | 51% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Ghana | 40.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Gibraltar | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Greece | 69.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Greenland | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Grenada | 98.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Guam | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Guatemala | 56.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Guinea | 68.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Guinea-Bissau | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Guyana | 96% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Haiti | 79% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Honduras | 63.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Hong Kong | 100% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Hungary | 72% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Iceland | 4.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| India | 65.8% of total installed capacity (31 March 2012 est) | 
| Indonesia | 87% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Iran | 86.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Iraq | 92% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Ireland | 76.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Israel | 98.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Italy | 65% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Jamaica | 94.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Japan | 63.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Jordan | 99.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Kazakhstan | 88.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Kenya | 41.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Kiribati | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Korea, North | 47.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Korea, South | 74.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Kuwait | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Kyrgyzstan | 20.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Laos | 2.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Latvia | 27.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Lebanon | 87.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Lesotho | 0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Liberia | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Libya | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Lithuania | 70.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Luxembourg | 28.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Macau | 100% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Macedonia | 66.4% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Madagascar | 65.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Malawi | 0.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Malaysia | 91.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Maldives | 99.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Mali | 48.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Malta | 97.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Mauritania | 63.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Mauritius | 75.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Mexico | 76.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Moldova | 96.4% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Mongolia | 99.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Montenegro | 24.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Montserrat | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Morocco | 69.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Mozambique | 0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Namibia | 31.8% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Nauru | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Nepal | 7.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Netherlands | 85.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| New Caledonia | 76.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| New Zealand | 31.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Nicaragua | 57.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Niger | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Nigeria | 67.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Niue | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Norway | 2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Oman | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Pakistan | 68.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Panama | 52.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Papua New Guinea | 61.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Paraguay | 0.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Peru | 60.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Philippines | 66.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Poland | 89.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Portugal | 49% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Puerto Rico | 97.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Qatar | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Romania | 55.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Russia | 67.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Rwanda | 52.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Saint Lucia | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 97.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Samoa | 70.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Sao Tome and Principe | 57.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Saudi Arabia | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Senegal | 99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Serbia | 57.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Seychelles | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Sierra Leone | 47.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Singapore | 99.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Slovakia | 42.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Slovenia | 36.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Solomon Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Somalia | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| South Africa | 90.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| South Sudan | 30.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Spain | 48.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Sri Lanka | 53.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Sudan | 30.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Suriname | 53.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Swaziland | 59.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Sweden | 13% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Switzerland | 3.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Syria | 89.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Taiwan | 77.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | 
| Tajikistan | 9% of total installed capacity (2013 est.) | 
| Tanzania | 33.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Thailand | 89% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Togo | 21.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Tonga | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Trinidad and Tobago | 99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Tunisia | 96.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Turkey | 64.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Turkmenistan | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Uganda | 31.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Ukraine | 64.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| United Arab Emirates | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| United Kingdom | 76% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| United States | 75.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Uruguay | 39.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Uzbekistan | 85.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Vanuatu | 89.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Venezuela | 35.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Vietnam | 55% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | 
| Virgin Islands | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| West Bank | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Western Sahara | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| World | 66.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Yemen | 100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Zambia | 0.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) | 
| Zimbabwe | 66.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) |