Based on a comparison of 103 countries in 2017, Qatar ranked the highest in electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total with 100% followed by Turkmenistan and Bahrain. On the other end of the scale was Dem. Republic of the Congo with 0.045%, Bosnia and Herzegovina with 0.192% and Sweden with 0.262%.
Average electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total reached 23.2% in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 1.36 % less than in the previous year and 8.50 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total reached an all time high of 23.5% in 2016 and an all time low of 7.60% in 1986. The average annual growth amounted to 1.76 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Electricity Production from Natural Gas Sources (As % of Total) indicator page.
| Electricity Production from Natural Gas Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | % | 96.9% | 97.1% | 97.9% | 98.6% | 98.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 85.1% | 89.9% | 93.0% | 93.9% | 86.1% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Bahrain | % | 100% | 100% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | % | 86.7% | 84.1% | 83.1% | 82.0% | 80.7% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Belarus | % | 98.3% | 96.7% | 98.4% | 98.0% | 97.9% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Brunei | % | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Moldova | % | 93.6% | 95.1% | 92.7% | 93.5% | 94.5% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 78.2% | 80.3% | 81.6% | 82.4% | 81.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 97.7% | 97.6% | 97.4% | 97.4% | 97.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 78.0% | 84.3% | 91.8% | 95.3% | 95.0% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 99.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 97.8% | 97.1% | 95.8% | 93.9% | 91.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 98.6% | 98.6% | 98.6% | 98.5% | 98.5% |
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