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Country
Electricity - production by source (%)
Afghanistan fossil fuel: 36%
hydro: 64%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Albania fossil fuel: 3%
hydro: 97%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Algeria fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
American Samoa fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Andorra fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Angola fossil fuel: 40%
hydro: 60%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Anguilla fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Antigua and Barbuda fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Argentina fossil fuel: 52%
hydro: 41%
nuclear: 7%
other: 0% (2000)
Armenia fossil fuel: 36%
hydro: 31%
nuclear: 32%
other: 0% (2000)
Aruba fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Australia fossil fuel: 90%
hydro: 8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 2% (2000)
Austria fossil fuel: 28%
hydro: 69%
nuclear: 0%
other: 3% (2000)
Azerbaijan fossil fuel: 91%
hydro: 9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bahamas, The fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bahrain fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bangladesh fossil fuel: 92%
hydro: 8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Barbados fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Belarus fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Belgium fossil fuel: 40%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 58%
other: 1% (2000)
Belize fossil fuel: 58%
hydro: 42%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Benin fossil fuel: 17%
hydro: 83%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bermuda fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bhutan fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 100%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bolivia fossil fuel: 48%
hydro: 50%
nuclear: 0%
other: 2% (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina fossil fuel: 38%
hydro: 62%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Botswana fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Brazil fossil fuel: 6%
hydro: 89%
nuclear: 1%
other: 4% (2000)
British Virgin Islands fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Brunei fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Bulgaria fossil fuel: 48%
hydro: 8%
nuclear: 44%
other: 0% (2000)
Burkina Faso fossil fuel: 71%
hydro: 29%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Burma fossil fuel: 83%
hydro: 17%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Burundi fossil fuel: 1%
hydro: 99%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Cambodia fossil fuel: 62%
hydro: 38%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Cameroon fossil fuel: 3%
hydro: 97%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Canada fossil fuel: 25%
hydro: 61%
nuclear: 12%
other: 2% (2000)
Cape Verde fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Cayman Islands fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Central African Republic fossil fuel: 20%
hydro: 80%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Chad fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Chile fossil fuel: 51%
hydro: 46%
nuclear: 0%
other: 2% (2000)
China fossil fuel: 82%
hydro: 17%
nuclear: 1%
other: 0% (2000)
Christmas Island fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Colombia fossil fuel: 26%
hydro: 73%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (2000)
Comoros fossil fuel: 89%
hydro: 11%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the fossil fuel: 2%
hydro: 98%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Congo, Republic of the fossil fuel: 1%
hydro: 99%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Cook Islands fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Costa Rica fossil fuel: 1%
hydro: 83%
nuclear: 0%
other: 16% (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire fossil fuel: 75%
hydro: 25%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Croatia fossil fuel: 45%
hydro: 55%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Cuba fossil fuel: 95%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 5% (2000)
Cyprus fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Czech Republic fossil fuel: 78%
hydro: 3%
nuclear: 19%
other: 1% (2000)
Denmark fossil fuel: 84%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 16% (2000)
Djibouti fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Dominica fossil fuel: 48%
hydro: 52%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Dominican Republic fossil fuel: 87%
hydro: 13%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
East Timor fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0%
Ecuador fossil fuel: 25%
hydro: 75%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Egypt fossil fuel: 77%
hydro: 23%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
El Salvador fossil fuel: 42%
hydro: 36%
nuclear: 0%
other: 22% (2000)
Equatorial Guinea fossil fuel: 91%
hydro: 9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Eritrea fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Estonia fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Ethiopia fossil fuel: 2%
hydro: 98%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Faroe Islands fossil fuel: 61%
hydro: 39%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Fiji fossil fuel: 18%
hydro: 82%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Finland fossil fuel: 41%
hydro: 19%
nuclear: 28%
other: 12% (2000)
France fossil fuel: 10%
hydro: 13%
nuclear: 77%
other: 1% (2000)
French Guiana fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
French Polynesia fossil fuel: 54%
hydro: 46%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Gabon fossil fuel: 29%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Gambia, The fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Georgia fossil fuel: 21%
hydro: 79%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Germany fossil fuel: 63%
hydro: 4%
nuclear: 30%
other: 3% (2000)
Ghana fossil fuel: 30%
hydro: 70%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Gibraltar fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Greece fossil fuel: 92%
hydro: 7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 2% (2000)
Greenland fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0%
note: Greenland is shifting its electricity production from fossil fuel to hydroelectric power production (2000)
Grenada fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Guadeloupe fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Guam fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Guatemala fossil fuel: 50%
hydro: 45%
nuclear: 0%
other: 5% (2000)
Guernsey fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Guinea fossil fuel: 46%
hydro: 54%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Guinea-Bissau fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Guyana fossil fuel: 99%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Haiti fossil fuel: 69%
hydro: 31%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Holy See (Vatican City) fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Honduras fossil fuel: 37%
hydro: 63%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Hong Kong fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Hungary fossil fuel: 59%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 40%
other: 0% (2000)
Iceland fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 83%
nuclear: 0%
other: 17% (2000)
India fossil fuel: 83%
hydro: 14%
nuclear: 3%
other: 0% (2000)
Indonesia fossil fuel: 81%
hydro: 14%
nuclear: 0%
other: 5% (2000)
Iran fossil fuel: 94%
hydro: 6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Iraq fossil fuel: 98%
hydro: 2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Ireland fossil fuel: 95%
hydro: 4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (2000)
Israel fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Italy fossil fuel: 80%
hydro: 17%
nuclear: 0%
other: 3% (2000)
Jamaica fossil fuel: 89%
hydro: 3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 7% (2000)
Japan fossil fuel: 61%
hydro: 9%
nuclear: 29%
other: 2% (2000)
Jordan fossil fuel: 99%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Kazakhstan fossil fuel: 86%
hydro: 14%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Kenya fossil fuel: 22%
hydro: 70%
nuclear: 0%
other: 8% (2000)
Kiribati fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Korea, North fossil fuel: 33%
hydro: 67%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Korea, South fossil fuel: 61%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 38%
other: 0% (2000)
Kuwait fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Kyrgyzstan fossil fuel: 8%
hydro: 92%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Laos fossil fuel: 2%
hydro: 98%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Latvia fossil fuel: 33%
hydro: 67%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Lebanon fossil fuel: 97%
hydro: 3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Liberia fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Libya fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Liechtenstein fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA% 98%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA% 2% (2001)
Lithuania fossil fuel: 20%
hydro: 3%
nuclear: 77%
other: 0% (2000)
Luxembourg fossil fuel: 58%
hydro: 26%
nuclear: 0%
other: 17% (2000)
Macau fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of fossil fuel: 82%
hydro: 18%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Madagascar fossil fuel: 37%
hydro: 63%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Malawi fossil fuel: 3%
hydro: 97%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Malaysia fossil fuel: 88%
hydro: 12%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Maldives fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Mali fossil fuel: 43%
hydro: 57%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Malta fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Marshall Islands fossil fuel: 99%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (solar)
Martinique fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Mauritania fossil fuel: 84%
hydro: 16%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Mauritius fossil fuel: 91%
hydro: 9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Mayotte fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Mexico fossil fuel: 76%
hydro: 17%
nuclear: 4%
other: 3% (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Moldova fossil fuel: 90%
hydro: 10%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Mongolia fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Montserrat fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Morocco fossil fuel: 91%
hydro: 9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Mozambique fossil fuel: 4%
hydro: 96%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Namibia fossil fuel: 2%
hydro: 98%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Nauru fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Nepal fossil fuel: 10%
hydro: 90%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Netherlands fossil fuel: 90%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 4%
other: 5% (2000)
Netherlands Antilles fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
New Caledonia fossil fuel: 78%
hydro: 22%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
New Zealand fossil fuel: 27%
hydro: 66%
nuclear: 0%
other: 7% (2000)
Nicaragua fossil fuel: 82%
hydro: 9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 9% (2000)
Niger fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Nigeria fossil fuel: 64%
hydro: 36%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Niue fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Norfolk Island fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Norway fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 99%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Oman fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Pakistan fossil fuel: 64%
hydro: 35%
nuclear: 1%
other: 0% (2000)
Panama fossil fuel: 29%
hydro: 69%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (2000)
Papua New Guinea fossil fuel: 55%
hydro: 45%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Paraguay fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 100%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Peru fossil fuel: 18%
hydro: 81%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (2000)
Philippines fossil fuel: 58%
hydro: 20%
nuclear: 0%
other: 23% (2000)
Poland fossil fuel: 98%
hydro: 2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Portugal fossil fuel: 70%
hydro: 26%
nuclear: 0%
other: 4% (2000)
Puerto Rico fossil fuel: 99%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Qatar fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Reunion fossil fuel: 55%
hydro: 45%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Romania fossil fuel: 53%
hydro: 37%
nuclear: 10%
other: 0% (2000)
Russia fossil fuel: 66%
hydro: 19%
nuclear: 15%
other: 0% (2000)
Rwanda fossil fuel: 3%
hydro: 97%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Saint Helena fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Saint Kitts and Nevis fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Saint Lucia fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines fossil fuel: 73%
hydro: 27%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Samoa fossil fuel: 59%
hydro: 41%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
San Marino fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Sao Tome and Principe fossil fuel: 41%
hydro: 59%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Saudi Arabia fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Senegal fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Serbia and Montenegro fossil fuel: 59%
hydro: 41%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Seychelles fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Sierra Leone fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Singapore fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Slovakia fossil fuel: 35%
hydro: 17%
nuclear: 48%
other: 0% (2000)
Slovenia fossil fuel: 35%
hydro: 29%
nuclear: 35%
other: 0% (2000)
Solomon Islands fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Somalia fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
South Africa fossil fuel: 93%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 7%
other: 0% (2000)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Spain fossil fuel: 57%
hydro: 12%
nuclear: 28%
other: 3% (2000)
Sri Lanka fossil fuel: 32%
hydro: 68%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Sudan fossil fuel: 49%
hydro: 51%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Suriname fossil fuel: 36%
hydro: 64%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Svalbard fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Swaziland fossil fuel: 56%
hydro: 44%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Sweden fossil fuel: 6%
hydro: 54%
nuclear: 37%
other: 3% (2000)
Switzerland fossil fuel: 4%
hydro: 57%
nuclear: 37%
other: 2% (2000)
Syria fossil fuel: 64%
hydro: 36%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Taiwan fossil fuel: 69%
hydro: 6%
nuclear: 25%
other: 0% (2000)
Tajikistan fossil fuel: 2%
hydro: 98%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Tanzania fossil fuel: 18%
hydro: 82%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Thailand fossil fuel: 92%
hydro: 6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (2000)
Togo fossil fuel: 98%
hydro: 2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Tokelau fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Tonga fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Trinidad and Tobago fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Tunisia fossil fuel: 99%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Turkey fossil fuel: 74%
hydro: 26%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Turkmenistan fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Turks and Caicos Islands fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Tuvalu fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Uganda fossil fuel: 1%
hydro: 99%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Ukraine fossil fuel: 50%
hydro: 7%
nuclear: 43%
other: 0% (2000)
United Arab Emirates fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
United Kingdom fossil fuel: 73%
hydro: 1%
nuclear: 23%
other: 2% (2000)
United States fossil fuel: 71%
hydro: 7%
nuclear: 20%
other: 2% (2000)
Uruguay fossil fuel: 7%
hydro: 93%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1% (2000)
Uzbekistan fossil fuel: 87%
hydro: 13%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Vanuatu fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Venezuela fossil fuel: 23%
hydro: 77%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Vietnam fossil fuel: 41%
hydro: 59%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Virgin Islands fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1999)
Wallis and Futuna fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
West Bank fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Western Sahara fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
World fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Yemen fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Zambia fossil fuel: 1%
hydro: 99%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
Zimbabwe fossil fuel: 53%
hydro: 47%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2000)

This page was last updated on 19 March 2003

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