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Electricity generation from fossil fuels

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  1. 1China6,175.3
  2. 2United States2,576.2
  3. 3India1,526.8
  4. 4Russian Federation767.2
  5. 5Japan693
  6. 6Korea, Rep.375.1
  7. 7Iran, Islamic Rep.373.2
  8. 8Mexico264.4
  9. 9Taiwan249.8
  10. 10Egypt, Arab Rep.213.7
  11. 11Germany204.7
  12. 12Turkiye200.8
  13. 13South Africa199.5
  14. 14Australia175.8
  15. 15Viet Nam169.2
  16. 16Malaysia159.6
  17. 17Thailand157
  18. 18Canada150.2
  19. 19Italy135.6
  20. 20Poland118.7
  21. 21Kazakhstan105.3
  22. 22United Kingdom104
  23. 23Bangladesh101.2
  24. 24Philippines94.4
  25. 25Kuwait90.4
  26. 26Argentina89.4
  27. 27Pakistan88
  28. 28Brazil84.7
  29. 29Spain73
  30. 30Uzbekistan69.9
  31. 31Israel68.2
  32. 32Netherlands61.9
  33. 33Singapore56.9
  34. 34Qatar53.9
  35. 35Oman50.4
  36. 36Morocco33.8
  37. 37Czechia30.8
  38. 38Chile29.8
  39. 39France29.4
  40. 40Greece29.3
  41. 41Nigeria28.5
  42. 42Belarus27.2
  43. 43Serbia26.4
  44. 44Azerbaijan24.7
  45. 45Peru22
  46. 46Tunisia21.4
  47. 47Colombia20.8
  48. 48Belgium20.4
  49. 49Puerto Rico (US)19
  50. 50Dominican Republic17.3
  51. 51Romania16.2
  52. 52Ireland16.1
  53. 53Austria12
  54. 54Bulgaria10.7
  55. 55Cambodia10.5
  56. 56Hungary9.9
  57. 57Portugal9.7
  58. 58Mongolia8.9
  59. 59Bolivia8.7
  60. 60Bosnia and Herzegovina8.2
  61. 61Ecuador7.5
  62. 62Sri Lanka6.6
  63. 63Moldova5.5
  64. 64New Zealand5
  65. 65Slovak Republic4.3
  66. 66Cyprus4.3
  67. 67North Macedonia3.6
  68. 68Croatia3.5
  69. 69Armenia3.3
  70. 70Slovenia3.1
  71. 71Finland3
  72. 72Denmark2.9
  73. 73Georgia2.8
  74. 74Estonia2.5
  75. 75Kyrgyz Republic2.4
  76. 76Sweden2.1
  77. 77Lithuania2
  78. 78Malta1.8
  79. 79Latvia1.7
  80. 80Norway1.6
  81. 81Switzerland1.5
  82. 82Kenya1.4
  83. 83Tajikistan1.4
  84. 84El Salvador0.87
  85. 85Montenegro0.6
  86. 86Uruguay0.26
  87. 87Luxembourg0.13
  88. 88Paraguay0
  89. 88Costa Rica0
  90. 88Ethiopia0

Electricity generation from fossil fuels