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Author: Edria Murray, Staff Editor
</p><p>Thermal electricity generation involves heating water to produce steam which in turn causes turbines to rotate and generate electricity. If the water is heated by coal or oil, the electricity is both thermal and generated from fossil fuels. If the water is heated by <a href=http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm>nuclear energy</a> or <a href=http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/g/geothermal-power.html>geothermal heat sources</a>, the electricity is not generated from fossil fuels.</p>">In response to <i>gpastor@imf.org</i>:<p>The term "fossil fuel" refers to fuels containing hydrocarbons (molecules made of hydrogen and carbon) such as oil, coal and natural gas as well as refined products produced from these including petrol, diesel, kerosine and methane. The name fossil fuels is given to these fuels as the are believed to have formed from the ancient remains of plant and animal material.</p><p>Thermal electricity generation involves heating water to produce steam which in turn causes turbines to rotate and generate electricity. If the water is heated by coal or oil, the electricity is both thermal and generated from fossil fuels. If the water is heated by <a href=http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm>nuclear energy</a> or <a href=http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/g/geothermal-power.html>geothermal heat sources</a>, the electricity is not generated from fossil fuels.</p>
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | East Timor | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Saint Helena | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Liberia | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Vanuatu | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Nauru | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Virgin Islands | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Bahrain | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Libya | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Barbados | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | American Samoa | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Gibraltar | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Netherlands Antilles | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Hong Kong | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Sierra Leone | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Qatar | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Maldives | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Senegal | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Martinique | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Guadeloupe | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | French Guiana | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Botswana | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | The Gambia | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Aruba | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Saudi Arabia | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Cape Verde | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | The Bahamas | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Oman | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Greenland | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Niue | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Yemen | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | West Bank | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Macau | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | United Arab Emirates | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Guam | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Eritrea | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Solomon Islands | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Saint Lucia | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Cyprus | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Mongolia | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Bermuda | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Somalia | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Cook Islands | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Tonga | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Western Sahara | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Cayman Islands | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | British Virgin Islands | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Chad | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Tokelau | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Niger | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Brunei | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Kiribati | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Guinea-Bissau | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Grenada | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Seychelles | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Djibouti | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Malta | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Kuwait | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Montserrat | 100% | 2003 | |
| =1 | Singapore | 100% | 2003 | |
| =65 | Turkmenistan | 99.9% | 2003 | |
| =65 | Israel | 99.9% | 2003 | |
| =67 | Estonia | 99.8% | 2003 | |
| =67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.8% | 2003 | |
| 69 | Algeria | 99.7% | 2003 | |
| =70 | Belarus | 99.5% | 2003 | |
| =70 | Tunisia | 99.5% | 2003 | |
| =72 | Jordan | 99.4% | 2003 | |
| =72 | Guyana | 99.4% | 2003 | |
| 74 | Puerto Rico | 99.2% | 2003 | |
| 75 | Marshall Islands | 99% | 2003 | |
| 76 | Togo | 98.7% | 2003 | |
| 77 | Iraq | 98.4% | 2003 | |
| 78 | Poland | 98.1% | 2003 | |
| 79 | Lebanon | 97.2% | 2003 | |
| 80 | Iran | 97.1% | 2003 | |
| 81 | Jamaica | 96.8% | 2003 | |
| 82 | Ireland | 95.9% | 2003 | |
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 95.84% | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Morocco | 95.4% | 2003 | |
| 84 | Greece | 94.5% | 2003 | |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 94.3% | 2003 | |
| 86 | Cuba | 93.9% | 2003 | |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 93.7% | 2003 | |
| 88 | South Africa | 93.5% | 2003 | |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 92% | 2003 | |
| 90 | Thailand | 91.3% | 2003 | |
| =91 | Mauritius | 90.8% | 2003 | |
| =91 | Australia | 90.8% | 2003 | |
| =93 | Moldova | 90.6% | 2003 | |
| =93 | Comoros | 90.6% | 2003 | |
| 95 | Netherlands | 89.9% | 2003 | |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 89.7% | 2003 | |
| 97 | Malaysia | 89.5% | 2003 | |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 88.2% | 2003 | |
| 99 | Indonesia | 86.9% | 2003 | |
| 100 | Mauritania | 85.9% | 2003 | |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 84.3% | 2003 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 84.11% | 2003 | ||
| 102 | Nicaragua | 83.9% | 2003 | |
| 103 | Denmark | 82.7% | 2003 | |
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 82.65% | 2003 | ||
| 104 | India | 81.7% | 2003 | |
| =105 | Ecuador | 81% | 2003 | |
| =105 | Egypt | 81% | 2003 | |
| 107 | China | 80.2% | 2003 | |
| 108 | Turkey | 79.3% | 2003 | |
| 109 | Mexico | 78.7% | 2003 | |
| 110 | Italy | 78.6% | 2003 | |
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 76.35% | 2003 | ||
| 111 | New Caledonia | 76.3% | 2003 | |
| 112 | Czech Republic | 76.1% | 2003 | |
| 113 | United Kingdom | 73.8% | 2003 | |
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 72.51% | 2003 | ||
| =114 | Taiwan | 71.4% | 2003 | |
| =114 | United States | 71.4% | 2003 | |
| 116 | Kenya | 71% | 2003 | |
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 70.86% | 2003 | ||
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 69.9% | 2003 | |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.3% | 2003 | |
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 68.94% | 2003 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 68.84% | 2003 | ||
| 119 | Pakistan | 68.8% | 2003 | |
| 120 | Cambodia | 65% | 2003 | |
| 121 | Portugal | 64.5% | 2003 | |
| 122 | Russia | 64.3% | 2003 | |
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 63.8% | 2003 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 63.59% | 2003 | ||
| 123 | Serbia and Montenegro | 62.9% | 2003 | |
| 124 | Romania | 62.5% | 2003 | |
| =125 | South Korea | 62.4% | 2003 | |
| =125 | Faroe Islands | 62.4% | 2003 | |
| =127 | Nigeria | 61.9% | 2003 | |
| =127 | Cote d'Ivoire | 61.9% | 2003 | |
| 129 | Germany | 61.8% | 2003 | |
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 61.34% | 2003 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 61.23% | 2003 | ||
| 130 | French Polynesia | 60.7% | 2003 | |
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 60.48% | 2003 | ||
| 131 | Haiti | 60.3% | 2003 | |
| 132 | Hungary | 60.1% | 2003 | |
| 133 | Japan | 60% | 2003 | |
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 59.94% | 2003 | ||
| 134 | Belize | 59.9% | 2003 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 59.19% | 2003 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 58.8% | 2003 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 58.46% | 2003 | ||
| =135 | Swaziland | 58% | 2003 | |
| =135 | Svalbard | 58% | 2003 | |
| =135 | Samoa | 58% | 2003 | |
| 138 | Syria | 57.6% | 2003 | |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 57.3% | 2003 | |
| Religious countries average (profile) | 56.36% | 2003 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 56.2% | 2003 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 56.16% | 2003 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 56.12% | 2003 | ||
| 140 | Philippines | 55.6% | 2003 | |
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 55.59% | 2003 | ||
| 141 | Reunion | 55.5% | 2003 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 54.86% | 2003 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 54.54% | 2003 | ||
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 54.1% | 2003 | |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.5% | 2003 | |
| Christian countries average (profile) | 52.5% | 2003 | ||
| 144 | Argentina | 52.2% | 2003 | |
| 145 | Sudan | 52.1% | 2003 | |
| Europe average (profile) | 52.06% | 2003 | ||
| 146 | Guatemala | 51.9% | 2003 | |
| NATO countries average (profile) | 51.85% | 2003 | ||
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 51.7% | 2003 | |
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 51.07% | 2003 | ||
| 148 | Spain | 50.4% | 2003 | |
| 149 | Honduras | 50.2% | 2003 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 49.02% | 2003 | ||
| 150 | Ukraine | 48.6% | 2003 | |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 47.8% | 2003 | |
| 152 | Dominica | 47.1% | 2003 | |
| =153 | Zimbabwe | 47% | 2003 | |
| =153 | Chile | 47% | 2003 | |
| Cold countries average (profile) | 45.8% | 2003 | ||
| 155 | Guinea | 45.5% | 2003 | |
| =156 | Bolivia | 44.4% | 2003 | |
| =156 | Burma | 44.4% | 2003 | |
| 158 | El Salvador | 44% | 2003 | |
| 159 | Vietnam | 43.7% | 2003 | |
| 160 | Armenia | 42.3% | 2003 | |
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 41.94% | 2003 | ||
| 161 | Mali | 41.7% | 2003 | |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41.2% | 2003 | |
| 163 | San Marino | 41.18% | 2003 | |
| 164 | Finland | 39% | 2003 | |
| 165 | Belgium | 38.4% | 2003 | |
| 166 | Panama | 37% | 2003 | |
| 167 | Angola | 36.4% | 2003 | |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 36.3% | 2003 | |
| 169 | Madagascar | 36.1% | 2003 | |
| 170 | Slovenia | 35.2% | 2003 | |
| 171 | Gabon | 34.5% | 2003 | |
| 172 | Croatia | 33.6% | 2003 | |
| 173 | Venezuela | 31.7% | 2003 | |
| 174 | New Zealand | 31.6% | 2003 | |
| 175 | Slovakia | 30.3% | 2003 | |
| 176 | Austria | 29.3% | 2003 | |
| 177 | Latvia | 29.1% | 2003 | |
| 178 | North Korea | 29% | 2003 | |
| 179 | Canada | 28% | 2003 | |
| 180 | Colombia | 26% | 2003 | |
| 181 | Suriname | 25.2% | 2003 | |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 19.8% | 2003 | |
| 183 | Georgia | 19.7% | 2003 | |
| 184 | Tanzania | 18.9% | 2003 | |
| 185 | Fiji | 18.5% | 2003 | |
| 186 | Lithuania | 16.5% | 2003 | |
| 187 | Peru | 14.5% | 2003 | |
| 188 | Benin | 14.2% | 2003 | |
| 189 | Nepal | 8.5% | 2003 | |
| 190 | Brazil | 8.3% | 2003 | |
| 191 | France | 8.2% | 2003 | |
| 192 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.6% | 2003 | |
| 193 | Ghana | 5% | 2003 | |
| 194 | Sweden | 4% | 2003 | |
| 195 | Malawi | 3.3% | 2003 | |
| =196 | Albania | 2.9% | 2003 | |
| =196 | Mozambique | 2.9% | 2003 | |
| 198 | Cameroon | 2.7% | 2003 | |
| 199 | Rwanda | 2.3% | 2003 | |
| 200 | Tajikistan | 1.9% | 2003 | |
| 201 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.8% | 2003 | |
| 202 | Costa Rica | 1.5% | 2003 | |
| 203 | Laos | 1.4% | 2003 | |
| =204 | Ethiopia | 1.3% | 2003 | |
| =204 | Switzerland | 1.3% | 2003 | |
| 206 | Uganda | 0.9% | 2003 | |
| 207 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2003 | |
| 208 | Burundi | 0.6% | 2003 | |
| 209 | Zambia | 0.5% | 2003 | |
| 210 | Norway | 0.4% | 2003 | |
| 211 | Congo, Republic of the | 0.3% | 2003 | |
| =212 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2003 | |
| =212 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2003 | |
| =214 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Andorra | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Guernsey | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Norfolk Island | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Mayotte | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =214 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2003 |
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Posted on 04 Apr 2005
Edria Murray, Staff Editor