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Other Fossil Power Around the World: Generation by Country

Other fossil generated 889 TWh worldwide in 2025, 2.8% of all electricity. The largest producers are Saudi Arabia, China and Iran. Figures are Ember annual statistics. Other fossil is mostly oil products, plus smaller fuels such as oil shale, peat and waste gases, as Ember groups them.

Key Facts

  • Other fossil generated 889 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 2.8% of the total.
  • Saudi Arabia was the largest other fossil power producer, with 151 TWh in 2025.
  • China was the second largest other fossil power producer, with 97.0 TWh in 2025.
  • Iran was the third largest other fossil power producer, with 85.0 TWh in 2025.
  • Other fossil was the largest source of electricity in 63 countries in their latest Ember year.
  • Other fossil's share of world electricity peaked at 8.7% in 2000.
  • The Bahamas got the highest share of its electricity from other fossil among countries producing at least 1 TWh, 99.1% in 2024.

Where Other fossil Is Used

Each country's own latest Ember year
Share of electricity from other fossil by country, each country's own latest Ember year.
CountryYearShare
British Virgin Islands2023100.0%
Comoros2023100.0%
Falkland Islands2023100.0%
Gambia2024100.0%
Grenada2024100.0%
Guinea-Bissau2024100.0%
Montserrat2024100.0%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha2023100.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon2023100.0%
Timor-Leste2024100.0%
Western Sahara2009100.0%
Bahamas202499.1%
Bermuda202498.4%
South Sudan202498.2%
Saint Lucia202497.5%
US Virgin Islands202397.1%
Guyana202496.4%
Turks and Caicos Islands202496.3%
Cayman Islands202495.8%
Chad202494.6%
American Samoa202494.4%
Maldives202492.9%
Antigua and Barbuda202491.9%
Guam202491.4%
Saint Kitts and Nevis202491.3%
Solomon Islands202490.9%
Eritrea202488.9%
Sao Tome and Principe202388.9%
Barbados202488.3%
Yemen202487.6%
Dominica202386.7%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202486.7%
Tonga202485.7%
Seychelles202484.1%
Aruba202483.0%
Burkina Faso202482.8%
Cuba202482.4%
Haiti202481.4%
Mali202480.5%
Nauru202480.0%
Somalia202479.1%
Senegal202478.6%
Mauritania202477.3%
Kiribati202475.0%
Vanuatu202375.0%
Cyprus202574.9%
Martinique202374.2%
Niger202473.7%
Cabo Verde202469.2%
French Polynesia202465.3%
Djibouti202465.0%
Palestine202460.6%
Papua New Guinea202457.1%
Samoa202456.3%
Lebanon202456.2%
Faroe Islands202353.1%
Guadeloupe202351.5%
Cook Islands202450.0%
Puerto Rico202549.0%
Suriname202446.0%
Liberia202445.6%
Iraq202445.4%
Syria202444.2%
Honduras202444.1%
Mauritius202442.8%
Estonia202538.9%
Nicaragua202437.6%
Madagascar202437.0%
New Caledonia202436.5%
Fiji202436.5%
Kuwait202535.4%
French Guiana202334.7%
Saudi Arabia202532.1%
Jamaica202430.5%
Reunion202330.3%
Libya202425.4%
Guinea202424.8%
Burundi202424.5%
Benin202423.8%
Iran202521.3%
Gabon202420.4%
Dominican Republic202520.4%
Sudan202420.3%
Gibraltar202418.2%
Ecuador202517.9%
Angola202417.3%
Greenland202416.7%
Guatemala202415.8%
Jordan202413.9%
Belize202412.8%
Sri Lanka202512.7%
Bangladesh202512.1%
Afghanistan202410.1%
Kenya202510.0%
Egypt20259.9%
Rwanda20248.9%
Moldova20257.5%
Panama20247.5%
Greece20257.2%
Belgium20257.2%
El Salvador20256.7%
Macao20246.4%
Mongolia20256.1%
Lithuania20255.9%
Republic of the Congo20245.3%
Denmark20254.9%
Cameroon20244.8%
Sierra Leone20244.8%
Austria20254.5%
Luxembourg20254.5%
Malawi20244.4%
Venezuela20244.4%
Colombia20254.4%
United Kingdom20254.4%
Tanzania20244.3%
Netherlands20253.9%
Poland20253.9%
Germany20253.8%
Belarus20253.7%
Morocco20253.6%
Spain20253.5%
Oman20253.3%
Indonesia20253.2%
Uganda20242.9%
Ireland20252.9%
Portugal20252.6%
Italy20252.6%
North Korea20242.6%
Cambodia20252.5%
Slovakia20252.5%
Mexico20252.5%
Singapore20252.5%
North Macedonia20252.4%
Japan20252.4%
Ghana20242.4%
Finland20252.3%
Argentina20252.3%
Uruguay20252.2%
Switzerland20251.9%
Australia20251.9%
France20251.8%
Uzbekistan20251.7%
Zambia20241.7%
Taiwan20251.5%
Pakistan20251.5%
Bolivia20251.5%
Tunisia20251.5%
Botswana20241.5%
New Zealand20251.5%
Malaysia20251.3%
Brazil20251.3%
Hong Kong20241.2%
Canada20251.2%
Sweden20251.2%
Russia20251.0%
South Korea20251.0%
Hungary20251.0%
China20250.9%
Brunei20240.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina20250.9%
South Africa20250.8%
Philippines20250.8%
Malta20250.8%
Mozambique20240.8%
United States20250.7%
Bulgaria20250.7%
Equatorial Guinea20240.7%
Chile20250.6%
Myanmar20240.6%
Ukraine20220.5%
Kazakhstan20250.4%
Norway20250.4%
Trinidad and Tobago20240.4%
United Arab Emirates20250.4%
Algeria20240.3%
Serbia20250.3%
Turkey20250.3%
Peru20250.3%
Azerbaijan20250.3%
Armenia20250.2%
Czechia20250.2%
India20250.2%
Vietnam20250.2%
Cote d'Ivoire20240.2%
Kosovo20250.2%
Romania20250.2%
Kyrgyzstan20250.1%
Thailand20250.1%
Croatia20250.1%
Slovenia20250.0%
Costa Rica20250.0%
Albania20250.0%
Bahrain20240.0%
Bhutan20240.0%
Central African Republic20230.0%
Democratic Republic of the Congo20240.0%
Eswatini20240.0%
Ethiopia20250.0%
Georgia20250.0%
Iceland20250.0%
Israel20250.0%
Laos20240.0%
Latvia20250.0%
Montenegro20250.0%
Namibia20240.0%
Nepal20240.0%
Nigeria20250.0%
Paraguay20250.0%
Qatar20250.0%
Tajikistan20250.0%
Togo20240.0%
Turkmenistan20240.0%
Zimbabwe20240.0%

Sources: Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Map outlines: Natural Earth. (Public domain) Data as of 2025. Each country uses its own latest available year.

World Other fossil Generation

2000 to 2025, TWh
World other fossil electricity generation, 2000 to 2025 Other fossil generated 889 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 2.8% of the total. 0 375 750 1,125 1,500 200020052010201520202025
Other fossil generated 889 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 2.8% of the total.
Annual statistics through 2025, TWh
World other fossil electricity generation, 2000 to 2025
YearOther fossil
20001,324 TWh
20011,285 TWh
20021,272 TWh
20031,296 TWh
20041,264 TWh
20051,278 TWh
20061,176 TWh
20071,196 TWh
20081,172 TWh
20091,071 TWh
20101,065 TWh
20111,172 TWh
20121,225 TWh
20131,183 TWh
20141,129 TWh
20151,120 TWh
20161,061 TWh
2017971 TWh
2018892 TWh
2019869 TWh
2020791 TWh
2021867 TWh
2022919 TWh
2023904 TWh
2024906 TWh
2025889 TWh
YearWorld generationShare of world electricity
2025889 TWh2.8%
2024906 TWh2.9%
2023904 TWh3.1%
2022919 TWh3.2%
2021867 TWh3.1%
2020791 TWh3.0%
2019869 TWh3.2%
2018892 TWh3.4%
2017971 TWh3.8%
20161,061 TWh4.3%

Largest Other fossil Power Producers

Each country's latest Ember year
CountryYearGenerationShare of the country's electricity
Saudi Arabia2025151 TWh32.1%
China202597.0 TWh0.9%
Iran202585.0 TWh21.3%
Iraq202468.0 TWh45.4%
United States202531.7 TWh0.7%
Kuwait202531.7 TWh35.4%
Japan202524.5 TWh2.4%
Egypt202523.9 TWh9.9%
Germany202518.7 TWh3.8%
Indonesia202516.9 TWh3.2%
Cuba202416.0 TWh82.4%
United Kingdom202512.8 TWh4.4%
Bangladesh202512.5 TWh12.1%
Russia202512.1 TWh1.0%
Syria202411.0 TWh44.2%
France202510.4 TWh1.8%
Spain202510.0 TWh3.5%
Mexico20259.66 TWh2.5%
Puerto Rico20259.57 TWh49.0%
Brazil20259.51 TWh1.3%
Libya20248.80 TWh25.4%
Canada20257.71 TWh1.2%
Italy20256.86 TWh2.6%
Poland20256.68 TWh3.9%
Ecuador20256.56 TWh17.9%
South Korea20256.32 TWh1.0%
Senegal20246.00 TWh78.6%
Honduras20245.50 TWh44.1%
Australia20255.36 TWh1.9%
Netherlands20255.26 TWh3.9%

Highest Share of Other fossil

Countries generating at least 1 TWh from other fossil
CountryYearShareGeneration
Bahamas202499.1%2.23 TWh
Guyana202496.4%1.33 TWh
Guam202491.4%1.70 TWh
Yemen202487.6%4.60 TWh
Burkina Faso202482.8%1.40 TWh
Cuba202482.4%16.0 TWh
Mali202480.5%4.80 TWh
Senegal202478.6%6.00 TWh
Mauritania202477.3%1.60 TWh
Cyprus202574.9%4.33 TWh
Martinique202374.2%1.12 TWh
Papua New Guinea202457.1%2.70 TWh
Lebanon202456.2%3.00 TWh
Puerto Rico202549.0%9.57 TWh
Iraq202445.4%68.0 TWh
Syria202444.2%11.0 TWh
Honduras202444.1%5.50 TWh
Mauritius202442.8%1.46 TWh
Estonia202538.9%2.38 TWh
Nicaragua202437.6%1.70 TWh

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2025. Country rows use each country's latest available year, which can differ between countries.

Download the Data

The figures on this page come from Ember's annual dataset, which covers every fuel including other fossil, for 215 countries, 1985 to 2025. Free CSV and JSON downloads:

The long CSV has one row per country, year, metric and fuel: filter its fuel column to other_fossil for other fossil alone. Full dataset page.

Cite this page
APA 7

World Power Monitor. (2025). Other Fossil Power Around the World: Generation by Country. https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/other-fossil/

Plain text

World Power Monitor. Other Fossil Power Around the World: Generation by Country. Data as of 2025. Data from Ember and Natural Earth. https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/other-fossil/

BibTeX 
@misc{wpm_fuels_other_fossil_2025,
  title = {{Other Fossil Power Around the World: Generation by Country}},
  author = {{World Power Monitor}},
  year = {2025},
  note = {Data as of 2025. Data from Ember and Natural Earth.},
  url = {https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/other-fossil/}
}

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