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Share of primary energy consumption that comes from fossil fuels

% · higher is better · 79 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Turkmenistan100%
  2. 2Trinidad and Tobago100%
  3. 3Kuwait99.9%
  4. 4Algeria99.8%
  5. 5Singapore99.5%
  6. 6Iraq99.4%
  7. 7Saudi Arabia99.3%
  8. 8Qatar99.2%
  9. 9Hong Kong SAR, China99%
  10. 10Bangladesh98.9%
  11. 11Oman98.9%
  12. 12Iran, Islamic Rep.98.1%
  13. 13Azerbaijan95.7%
  14. 14Uzbekistan95.4%
  15. 15South Africa95%
  16. 16Kazakhstan94.9%
  17. 17Egypt, Arab Rep.94.2%
  18. 18Thailand92.6%
  19. 19Malaysia91.7%
  20. 20Taiwan91.4%
  21. 21Morocco91.3%
  22. 22United Arab Emirates91%
  23. 23Mexico90.4%
  24. 24Israel90.2%
  25. 25India89.7%
  26. 26Cyprus89.2%
  27. 27Indonesia89%
  28. 28Russian Federation88.2%
  29. 29Philippines87.2%
  30. 30Poland87%
  31. 31Belarus86.8%
  32. 32Luxembourg85.7%
  33. 33Australia85.3%
  34. 34North Macedonia84%
  35. 35Japan83%
  36. 36Argentina82.6%
  37. 37Korea, Rep.82.5%
  38. 38Estonia82.1%
  39. 39Pakistan81.2%
  40. 40Netherlands80.9%
  41. 41United States80.3%
  42. 42China80.3%
  43. 43Turkiye80.2%
  44. 44Italy79.1%
  45. 45Greece78.9%
  46. 46Viet Nam78.5%
  47. 47Ireland77.8%
  48. 48Sri Lanka76.8%
  49. 49Belgium76.6%
  50. 50Lithuania76.6%
  51. 51Germany76%
  52. 52Ecuador74.6%
  53. 53Venezuela, RB74.2%
  54. 54Colombia73.9%
  55. 55United Kingdom73.5%
  56. 56Peru73.3%
  57. 57Romania73.3%
  58. 58Croatia72.2%
  59. 59Hungary72.2%
  60. 60Czechia71.7%
  61. 61Latvia70.3%
  62. 62Ukraine70%
  63. 63Chile67.7%
  64. 64Canada67.4%
  65. 65Spain65.8%
  66. 66Slovak Republic63.9%
  67. 67Bulgaria63.3%
  68. 68Portugal60.3%
  69. 69Denmark58.3%
  70. 70New Zealand57.4%
  71. 71Slovenia57%
  72. 72Austria56.7%
  73. 73Brazil49.4%
  74. 74France46.1%
  75. 75Switzerland43.2%
  76. 76Finland36.8%
  77. 77Norway28.2%
  78. 78Sweden27.8%
  79. 79Iceland19.5%

Share of primary energy consumption that comes from fossil fuels