Electricity production from oil
Oil-fired generation is expensive and import-exposed; a high share often signals small or isolated grids.
Mongolia, 2024, ranked 97 of 209
6.3%
% of total
Since 2014
+1.8
percentage points, up from 4.5%
Mongolia, its region and the world
- Mongolia
- World
- East Asia & Pacific
0%
5%
10%
15%
MongoliaEast Asia & PacificWorld View data table
| Year | Mongolia | World | East Asia & Pacific |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | 2.7% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | 2.8% | 0.8% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | 2.8% | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 4.5% | 3.0% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | 4.4% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | 4.7% | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | 5.0% | 3.5% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | 5.4% | 4.9% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | 5.5% | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | 6.1% | 6.0% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | 6.8% | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | 7.0% | 7.6% |
| 2001 | 3.2% | 7.3% | 7.7% |
| 2000 | 3.0% | 7.6% | 9.1% |
| 1999 | 3.7% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| 1998 | 4.3% | 8.5% | 10.5% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | 8.4% | 12.0% |
| 1996 | 4.5% | 8.6% | 13.3% |
| 1995 | 4.3% | 9.0% | 14.6% |
Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.0% 2024
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.8% 2025
- East Asia & Pacific 1.5% 2025
- South Asia 1.3% 2024
- World 1.2% 2025
- Europe & Central Asia 1.1% 2025
- North America 0.7% 2025
- Middle East & North Africa 0.6% 2025
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
Every economy
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Ranking of all 209 economies
| # | Economy | % of total | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 100.0% | 2021 |
| 2 | Sint Maarten | 100.0% | 2021 |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 99.6% | 2021 |
| 4 | Bahamas | 99.3% | 2021 |
| 5 | Saint Martin | 99.2% | 2021 |
| 6 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98.5% | 2021 |
| 7 | Gambia | 98.4% | 2021 |
| 8 | Grenada | 98.0% | 2021 |
| 9 | British Virgin Islands | 97.7% | 2021 |
| 10 | Chad | 97.7% | 2024 |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 97.6% | 2021 |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 97.5% | 2021 |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 97.5% | 2021 |
| 14 | Cayman Islands | 97.1% | 2021 |
| 15 | American Samoa | 96.1% | 2021 |
| 16 | Seychelles | 95.5% | 2021 |
| 17 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 95.5% | 2021 |
| 18 | Palau | 95.4% | 2021 |
| 19 | Guam | 95.2% | 2021 |
| 20 | Micronesia | 95.1% | 2021 |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94.3% | 2021 |
| 22 | Maldives | 94.2% | 2021 |
| 23 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 93.9% | 2021 |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 93.4% | 2021 |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.9% | 2021 |
| 26 | Guyana | 92.9% | 2021 |
| 27 | South Sudan | 92.8% | 2024 |
| 28 | Barbados | 92.7% | 2021 |
| 29 | Nauru | 90.2% | 2021 |
| 30 | Eritrea | 90.0% | 2024 |
| 31 | Somalia | 88.8% | 2021 |
| 32 | Tonga | 85.8% | 2021 |
| 33 | Aruba | 85.2% | 2021 |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.0% | 2021 |
| 35 | Yemen | 84.2% | 2024 |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 84.2% | 2021 |
| 37 | Kiribati | 83.6% | 2021 |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 81.7% | 2021 |
| 39 | Cuba | 81.3% | 2024 |
| 40 | Mauritania | 80.6% | 2021 |
| 41 | Haiti | 80.6% | 2024 |
| 42 | Dominica | 79.7% | 2021 |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 78.0% | 2024 |
| 44 | Curaçao | 78.0% | 2024 |
| 45 | Cyprus | 76.3% | 2024 |
| 46 | French Polynesia | 76.3% | 2021 |
| 47 | Palestine | 75.5% | 2021 |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 74.8% | 2021 |
| 49 | Senegal | 72.0% | 2024 |
| 50 | Niger | 65.9% | 2024 |
| 51 | Djibouti | 64.6% | 2021 |
| 52 | Faroe Islands | 61.9% | 2021 |
| 53 | Lebanon | 60.0% | 2024 |
| 54 | Suriname | 52.4% | 2024 |
| 55 | Samoa | 50.9% | 2021 |
| 56 | Honduras | 47.2% | 2024 |
| 57 | Iraq | 45.1% | 2024 |
| 58 | Mauritius | 42.7% | 2024 |
| 59 | Liberia | 42.6% | 2021 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 40.8% | 2024 |
| 61 | Madagascar | 40.2% | 2024 |
| 62 | Fiji | 39.9% | 2021 |
| 63 | Burundi | 38.7% | 2021 |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 38.5% | 2021 |
| 65 | Mali | 37.7% | 2021 |
| 66 | Kuwait | 37.2% | 2024 |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 37.0% | 2021 |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 36.1% | 2024 |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 33.2% | 2021 |
| 70 | Libya | 30.5% | 2024 |
| 71 | Benin | 30.3% | 2024 |
| 72 | Jamaica | 29.5% | 2024 |
| 73 | Ecuador | 28.5% | 2024 |
| 74 | Syria | 26.7% | 2024 |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 24.7% | 2021 |
| 76 | Guatemala | 23.5% | 2024 |
| 77 | Greenland | 23.0% | 2021 |
| 78 | Afghanistan | 21.8% | 2021 |
| 79 | Malawi | 19.9% | 2021 |
| 80 | Rwanda | 19.1% | 2024 |
| 81 | Angola | 18.7% | 2024 |
| 82 | Gibraltar | 18.6% | 2024 |
| 83 | Gabon | 16.8% | 2024 |
| 84 | Sudan | 15.9% | 2024 |
| 85 | Iran | 14.3% | 2024 |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 14.0% | 2024 |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 12.9% | 2024 |
| 88 | Bangladesh | 12.3% | 2024 |
| 89 | Guinea | 11.9% | 2021 |
| 90 | Panama | 11.4% | 2024 |
| 91 | Egypt | 10.0% | 2024 |
| 92 | Kenya | 8.8% | 2024 |
| 93 | Greece | 8.3% | 2025 |
| 94 | Pakistan | 8.2% | 2024 |
| 95 | Belize | 7.1% | 2021 |
| 96 | Mexico | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 97 | Mongolia | 6.3% | 2024 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 99 | Ivory Coast | 5.3% | 2024 |
| 100 | Venezuela | 4.7% | 2024 |
| 101 | Tanzania | 4.2% | 2024 |
| 102 | Botswana | 3.7% | 2024 |
| 103 | Belarus | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 104 | Central African Republic | 3.5% | 2021 |
| 105 | Jordan | 3.5% | 2024 |
| 106 | Morocco | 3.4% | 2024 |
| 107 | Colombia | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 108 | North Korea | 3.0% | 2024 |
| 109 | Spain | 3.0% | 2025 |
| 110 | Uganda | 2.9% | 2024 |
| 111 | Italy | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 2.7% | 2024 |
| 113 | Cameroon | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 114 | Zambia | 2.5% | 2024 |
| 115 | Cambodia | 2.4% | 2024 |
| 116 | Oman | 2.4% | 2024 |
| 117 | Indonesia | 2.1% | 2024 |
| 118 | Lithuania | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 119 | Bolivia | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 120 | Portugal | 2.0% | 2025 |
| 121 | Japan | 2.0% | 2025 |
| 122 | Argentina | 1.9% | 2025 |
| 123 | Australia | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 124 | Ireland | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 126 | Poland | 1.3% | 2025 |
| 127 | Congo | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 128 | Brazil | 1.3% | 2025 |
| 129 | South Africa | 1.2% | 2024 |
| 130 | Peru | 1.2% | 2024 |
| 131 | Ghana | 1.2% | 2024 |
| 132 | DR Congo | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 134 | Romania | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 135 | Philippines | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 136 | Netherlands | 1.1% | 2025 |
| 137 | Austria | 1.0% | 2025 |
| 138 | Slovakia | 1.0% | 2025 |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 140 | Uruguay | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 141 | France | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 143 | Germany | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 144 | South Korea | 0.9% | 2025 |
| 145 | Canada | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 146 | Mozambique | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 147 | Russia | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 148 | Myanmar | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 149 | United States | 0.7% | 2025 |
| 150 | Malaysia | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 151 | Brunei | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.7% | 2025 |
| 153 | India | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 154 | Israel | 0.6% | 2025 |
| 155 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2025 |
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 159 | Chile | 0.5% | 2025 |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 161 | Togo | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 162 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 164 | Singapore | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 166 | Türkiye | 0.3% | 2025 |
| 167 | Malta | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 168 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2025 |
| 169 | Moldova | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 170 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 171 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 172 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2025 |
| 173 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 174 | Finland | 0.2% | 2025 |
| 175 | Kosovo | 0.2% | 2021 |
| 176 | Namibia | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 177 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 178 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 179 | Vietnam | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 180 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2025 |
| 181 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 182 | China | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 183 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2025 |
| 184 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2025 |
| 185 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2021 |
| 186 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 187 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 188 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 189 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 190 | Norway | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 191 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 192 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 193 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 194 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 195 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 196 | Albania | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 197 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 198 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 199 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 200 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 201 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 202 | Laos | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 203 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 204 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 205 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 206 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 |
| 207 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 208 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 209 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2021 |