Who is the Most Dependant on Electricity from Fossil Fuels?

Based on a comparison of 139 countries in 2017, Trinidad and Tobago ranked the highest in electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total with 100% followed by Libya and Yemen. On the other end of the scale was Paraguay with 0.002%, Iceland with 0.021% and Ethiopia with 0.038%.

Average electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total reached 64.7% in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 0.863 % less than in the previous year and -3.87 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total reached an all time high of 67.2% in 2007 and an all time low of 51.4% in 1986. The average annual growth amounted to 0.104 % since 1960.

Data for more countries are available at Electricity Production from Oil, Gas & Coal Sources (As % of Total) indicator page.