61% of global electricity is generated from Fossil
60.93 %
Share of global electricity
[
490,
820
] gCO2eq/kWh
Carbon Intensity
Fossil fuels are a significant source of energy and are derived from the remains of plants and animals that lived and died millions of years ago. These remnant materials underwent a geological process resulting in the creation of substances like natural gas, coal, and petroleum. These energy sources are non-renewable, meaning once used, they cannot be replenished. Currently, fossil fuels are a major contributor to the global electricity generation, but they come with significant drawbacks, such as their substantial contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, which aids in climate change and air pollution. The continued reliance on fossil fuels presents a significant challenge to pursuing a more sustainable, clean, and low-carbon energy future. Thus, the shift towards more sustainable sources of energy such as nuclear, solar, and wind energy, which offer an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative, is crucial and urgently needed.
| Country/Region | Watts / person | % | TWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 2476.9 W | 99.3% | 31.8 TWh |
| Kuwait | 2229.3 W | 100.0% | 83.0 TWh |
| Qatar | 1947.0 W | 99.9% | 45.9 TWh |
| United Arab Emirates | 1508.2 W | 88.7% | 123.7 TWh |
| Brunei | 1202.1 W | 100.0% | 4.7 TWh |
| Guam | 1164.7 W | 95.6% | 1.7 TWh |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1159.9 W | 83.6% | 242.4 TWh |
| New Caledonia | 1150.2 W | 86.3% | 2.9 TWh |
| Saudi Arabia | 1129.8 W | 99.8% | 355.8 TWh |
| Bermuda | 1073.0 W | 100.0% | 0.6 TWh |
| Singapore | 1026.4 W | 97.5% | 53.4 TWh |
| St. Pierre & Miquelon | 966.6 W | 100.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Oman | 932.6 W | 99.6% | 36.9 TWh |
| Israel | 873.7 W | 93.2% | 68.1 TWh |
| United States | 868.0 W | 59.1% | 2562.3 TWh |
| South Korea | 841.5 W | 63.0% | 382.1 TWh |
| Aruba | 835.7 W | 83.9% | 0.8 TWh |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 775.5 W | 97.1% | 0.7 TWh |
| Australia | 750.3 W | 67.7% | 170.4 TWh |
| Gibraltar | 695.5 W | 100.0% | 0.2 TWh |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | 682.8 W | 100.0% | 0.3 TWh |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 652.5 W | 99.9% | 8.7 TWh |
| Japan | 628.6 W | 71.0% | 686.2 TWh |
| Puerto Rico | 621.6 W | 97.2% | 17.7 TWh |
| Seychelles | 611.1 W | 87.7% | 0.6 TWh |
| Kazakhstan | 594.6 W | 88.7% | 100.0 TWh |
| Bahamas | 593.3 W | 100.0% | 2.1 TWh |
| Faroe Islands | 560.9 W | 61.9% | 0.3 TWh |
| Libya | 542.5 W | 95.9% | 32.0 TWh |
| Russia | 538.0 W | 61.3% | 683.8 TWh |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 536.6 W | 73.7% | 35.2 TWh |
| British Virgin Islands | 513.1 W | 100.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | 503.3 W | 95.5% | 0.2 TWh |
| Turkmenistan | 502.8 W | 100.0% | 27.9 TWh |
| Malaysia | 496.9 W | 81.0% | 146.1 TWh |
| Czechia | 473.7 W | 51.3% | 43.6 TWh |
| Ireland | 473.7 W | 60.6% | 20.7 TWh |
| People's Republic of China | 457.4 W | 64.5% | 5712.9 TWh |
| Iran | 452.9 W | 94.1% | 348.9 TWh |
| Netherlands | 447.7 W | 56.6% | 68.6 TWh |
| Belarus | 438.4 W | 83.8% | 36.8 TWh |
| Malta | 431.3 W | 68.6% | 2.0 TWh |
| Martinique | 427.8 W | 100.0% | 1.5 TWh |
| Poland | 421.9 W | 79.0% | 141.6 TWh |
| Bulgaria | 408.8 W | 48.8% | 24.7 TWh |
| American Samoa | 405.4 W | 100.0% | 0.2 TWh |
| Germany | 404.7 W | 50.8% | 295.7 TWh |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 404.1 W | 94.3% | 0.3 TWh |
| Barbados | 401.9 W | 92.5% | 1.0 TWh |
| Estonia | 401.2 W | 50.3% | 4.7 TWh |
| Cyprus | 400.9 W | 83.1% | 4.4 TWh |
| Serbia | 399.1 W | 64.6% | 25.5 TWh |
| Lebanon | 396.2 W | 93.9% | 19.4 TWh |
| Curaçao | 379.4 W | 70.9% | 0.6 TWh |
| Nauru | 364.3 W | 100.0% | 0.0 TWh |
| South Africa | 353.9 W | 86.2% | 184.1 TWh |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 351.8 W | 62.1% | 10.1 TWh |
| Italy | 341.6 W | 55.1% | 177.3 TWh |
| Canada | 332.0 W | 17.4% | 111.0 TWh |
| Guadeloupe | 331.3 W | 68.8% | 1.2 TWh |
| Greece | 324.9 W | 53.2% | 29.7 TWh |
| EU | 282.4 W | 39.2% | 1100.9 TWh |
| Montenegro | 280.0 W | 47.7% | 1.5 TWh |
| North Macedonia | 276.3 W | 58.4% | 5.1 TWh |
| Azerbaijan | 275.3 W | 94.6% | 24.9 TWh |
| Belgium | 259.3 W | 27.9% | 26.4 TWh |
| Thailand | 257.9 W | 73.0% | 161.8 TWh |
| Montserrat | 257.2 W | 100.0% | 0.0 TWh |
| Spain | 255.2 W | 37.3% | 106.1 TWh |
| Turkey | 254.8 W | 57.6% | 189.2 TWh |
| Réunion | 254.6 W | 69.2% | 2.0 TWh |
| The World | 250.9 W | 60.9% | 17381.2 TWh |
| Iraq | 241.2 W | 79.4% | 92.0 TWh |
| United Kingdom | 241.0 W | 43.7% | 142.1 TWh |
| Mexico | 233.3 W | 73.6% | 259.0 TWh |
| Chile | 229.6 W | 47.1% | 39.2 TWh |
| Argentina | 229.5 W | 58.6% | 91.0 TWh |
| Mongolia | 226.1 W | 74.5% | 6.6 TWh |
| St. Lucia | 222.4 W | 100.0% | 0.3 TWh |
| Portugal | 209.3 W | 33.6% | 18.9 TWh |
| Dominica | 204.9 W | 76.5% | 0.1 TWh |
| Greenland | 202.9 W | 16.7% | 0.1 TWh |
| Slovenia | 202.0 W | 25.8% | 3.8 TWh |
| Cook Islands | 201.1 W | 60.0% | 0.0 TWh |
| Mauritius | 199.5 W | 78.8% | 2.3 TWh |
| Algeria | 198.0 W | 98.8% | 76.6 TWh |
| Austria | 196.3 W | 20.8% | 15.3 TWh |
| Egypt | 193.0 W | 88.8% | 184.7 TWh |
| Grenada | 192.4 W | 100.0% | 0.2 TWh |
| Moldova | 186.4 W | 52.1% | 5.0 TWh |
| Suriname | 186.2 W | 35.5% | 1.0 TWh |
| Uzbekistan | 181.5 W | 87.8% | 54.2 TWh |
| Tunisia | 180.5 W | 95.6% | 19.4 TWh |
| French Polynesia | 176.5 W | 67.1% | 0.5 TWh |
| French Guiana | 175.9 W | 34.0% | 0.4 TWh |
| Jordan | 171.3 W | 76.0% | 16.7 TWh |
| Laos | 166.2 W | 27.0% | 10.8 TWh |
| Finland | 162.1 W | 9.2% | 7.9 TWh |
| Cuba | 157.5 W | 78.6% | 15.5 TWh |
| Guyana | 151.8 W | 87.0% | 1.1 TWh |
| Dominican Republic | 149.5 W | 82.8% | 14.6 TWh |
| Vietnam | 149.4 W | 48.2% | 127.6 TWh |
| Jamaica | 146.9 W | 83.7% | 3.6 TWh |
| Croatia | 145.6 W | 27.3% | 5.2 TWh |
| Hungary | 142.7 W | 25.5% | 12.1 TWh |
| New Zealand | 142.6 W | 14.5% | 6.4 TWh |
| Maldives | 133.5 W | 92.4% | 0.6 TWh |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | 131.3 W | 75.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Armenia | 130.1 W | 43.4% | 3.2 TWh |
| Romania | 125.7 W | 37.0% | 21.3 TWh |
| India | 114.8 W | 77.0% | 1415.3 TWh |
| Belize | 108.4 W | 38.4% | 0.4 TWh |
| Denmark | 107.6 W | 15.3% | 5.5 TWh |
| Indonesia | 105.4 W | 81.6% | 252.9 TWh |
| Georgia | 103.0 W | 21.4% | 3.4 TWh |
| Morocco | 102.0 W | 78.4% | 33.1 TWh |
| France | 100.9 W | 11.8% | 57.1 TWh |
| Slovakia | 100.0 W | 17.1% | 4.8 TWh |
| Macao SAR China | 98.1 W | 10.2% | 0.6 TWh |
| Botswana | 96.1 W | 54.1% | 2.2 TWh |
| Peru | 91.6 W | 44.8% | 27.0 TWh |
| Philippines | 87.5 W | 77.4% | 87.3 TWh |
| Latvia | 85.9 W | 19.1% | 1.4 TWh |
| Syria | 85.7 W | 95.5% | 16.0 TWh |
| Uruguay | 76.3 W | 15.2% | 2.3 TWh |
| Tonga | 75.4 W | 87.5% | 0.1 TWh |
| Panama | 75.0 W | 25.6% | 2.9 TWh |
| Ukraine | 74.6 W | 25.4% | 28.5 TWh |
| Cape Verde | 73.8 W | 84.4% | 0.4 TWh |
| Equatorial Guinea | 68.4 W | 69.0% | 1.0 TWh |
| Bolivia | 65.1 W | 61.1% | 6.9 TWh |
| Honduras | 63.8 W | 48.0% | 5.7 TWh |
| Venezuela | 62.4 W | 20.1% | 15.4 TWh |
| Gabon | 61.9 W | 44.7% | 1.3 TWh |
| Congo - Brazzaville | 59.7 W | 75.9% | 3.0 TWh |
| Samoa | 57.4 W | 64.7% | 0.1 TWh |
| Bangladesh | 56.3 W | 90.0% | 83.6 TWh |
| Sri Lanka | 53.4 W | 62.3% | 10.2 TWh |
| Fiji | 51.9 W | 37.2% | 0.4 TWh |
| Ghana | 47.4 W | 65.1% | 13.6 TWh |
| Colombia | 46.4 W | 24.6% | 20.9 TWh |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 46.0 W | 90.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Timor-Leste | 45.8 W | 100.0% | 0.5 TWh |
| Ecuador | 45.3 W | 21.3% | 7.1 TWh |
| Lithuania | 43.0 W | 8.2% | 1.1 TWh |
| Pakistan | 42.5 W | 56.4% | 86.1 TWh |
| Papua New Guinea | 41.0 W | 73.5% | 3.6 TWh |
| Brazil | 39.6 W | 10.6% | 74.4 TWh |
| El Salvador | 36.9 W | 24.6% | 2.0 TWh |
| Nicaragua | 35.0 W | 35.1% | 2.1 TWh |
| Mauritania | 34.1 W | 66.3% | 1.4 TWh |
| Sweden | 33.4 W | 1.8% | 3.1 TWh |
| Norway | 33.2 W | 1.0% | 1.6 TWh |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 31.9 W | 69.9% | 7.7 TWh |
| Guatemala | 31.3 W | 33.4% | 4.8 TWh |
| Senegal | 30.3 W | 75.0% | 4.5 TWh |
| Switzerland | 29.7 W | 3.5% | 2.3 TWh |
| Luxembourg | 28.6 W | 2.4% | 0.2 TWh |
| Cambodia | 28.1 W | 33.3% | 4.1 TWh |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 27.6 W | 58.1% | 13.0 TWh |
| Kiribati | 26.6 W | 100.0% | 0.0 TWh |
| Zimbabwe | 25.8 W | 37.0% | 3.6 TWh |
| Western Sahara | 25.8 W | 100.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Kyrgyzstan | 25.7 W | 10.1% | 1.5 TWh |
| Tajikistan | 20.3 W | 8.8% | 1.7 TWh |
| Comoros | 19.5 W | 100.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Vanuatu | 17.9 W | 71.4% | 0.1 TWh |
| Solomon Islands | 17.7 W | 100.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Angola | 15.3 W | 28.2% | 4.6 TWh |
| Palestinian Territories | 14.7 W | 9.3% | 0.7 TWh |
| Sudan | 14.1 W | 33.9% | 5.6 TWh |
| Eritrea | 13.9 W | 97.8% | 0.4 TWh |
| Mozambique | 13.2 W | 18.6% | 3.7 TWh |
| Gambia | 13.0 W | 100.0% | 0.3 TWh |
| Cameroon | 12.7 W | 37.5% | 3.0 TWh |
| Nigeria | 12.5 W | 72.5% | 23.3 TWh |
| Mali | 11.3 W | 64.0% | 2.2 TWh |
| North Korea | 10.7 W | 16.8% | 2.4 TWh |
| Yemen | 10.1 W | 83.0% | 2.9 TWh |
| Haiti | 8.6 W | 86.9% | 0.9 TWh |
| Liberia | 8.6 W | 42.4% | 0.4 TWh |
| Tanzania | 8.1 W | 54.5% | 4.5 TWh |
| Zambia | 8.1 W | 7.8% | 1.4 TWh |
| Burkina Faso | 7.9 W | 54.1% | 1.5 TWh |
| Guinea | 6.4 W | 27.3% | 0.8 TWh |
| Djibouti | 6.2 W | 10.2% | 0.1 TWh |
| Togo | 6.1 W | 31.9% | 0.5 TWh |
| South Sudan | 5.9 W | 98.2% | 0.6 TWh |
| Costa Rica | 5.5 W | 2.0% | 0.3 TWh |
| Madagascar | 5.4 W | 65.6% | 1.4 TWh |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4.4 W | 100.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Eswatini | 3.8 W | 2.4% | 0.0 TWh |
| Namibia | 3.2 W | 1.9% | 0.1 TWh |
| Rwanda | 2.9 W | 38.6% | 0.3 TWh |
| Kenya | 2.7 W | 10.1% | 1.3 TWh |
| Somalia | 2.5 W | 90.2% | 0.4 TWh |
| Benin | 2.0 W | 26.1% | 0.2 TWh |
| Chad | 2.0 W | 96.8% | 0.3 TWh |
| Niger | 1.8 W | 24.8% | 0.4 TWh |
| Malawi | 1.3 W | 16.2% | 0.2 TWh |
| Paraguay | 1.2 W | 0.2% | 0.1 TWh |
| Burundi | 1.0 W | 23.9% | 0.1 TWh |
| Iceland | 0.9 W | 0.0% | 0.0 TWh |
| Afghanistan | 0.4 W | 2.1% | 0.1 TWh |
| Uganda | 0.3 W | 3.0% | 0.1 TWh |
| Sierra Leone | 0.3 W | 9.5% | 0.0 TWh |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 0.0 W | 0.3% | 0.0 TWh |
| Ethiopia | 0.0 W | 0.1% | 0.0 TWh |