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Field Listing :: Electricity - from fossil fuels |
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This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity. |
Country Comparison to the World
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Electricity - from fossil fuels(% of total installed capacity)
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Afghanistan
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23.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Albania
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9.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Algeria
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97.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Angola
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56.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Argentina
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66.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Armenia
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55.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Aruba
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88.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Australia
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78.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Austria
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61.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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84.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Bahrain
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100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Bangladesh
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96% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Barbados
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Belarus
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99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Belgium
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43.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Belize
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51.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Benin
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98.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Bermuda
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98.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Bhutan
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1.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Bolivia
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58.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Botswana
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Brazil
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19.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Brunei
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Bulgaria
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45.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Burma
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53.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Burundi
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1.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Cabo Verde
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96.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Cambodia
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94.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Cameroon
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27.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Canada
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31.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Chad
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Chile
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62% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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China
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69.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Colombia
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32.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Comoros
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83.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Costa Rica
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32.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Croatia
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45.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Cuba
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99.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Cyprus
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94.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Denmark
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63% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Djibouti
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Dominica
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19.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Ecuador
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55.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Egypt
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87.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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El Salvador
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52.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Eritrea
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98.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Estonia
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93.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Ethiopia
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9.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Fiji
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49% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Finland
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52.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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France
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22.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Gabon
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59% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Gambia, The
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Georgia
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37.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Germany
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55% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Ghana
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40.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Gibraltar
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Greece
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69.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Greenland
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Grenada
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98.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Guam
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Guatemala
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56.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Guinea
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68.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Guyana
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96% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Haiti
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79% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Honduras
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63.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Hong Kong
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100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Hungary
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72% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Iceland
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4.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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India
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70.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Indonesia
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87% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Iran
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86.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Iraq
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69% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Ireland
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76.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Israel
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98.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Italy
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65% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Jamaica
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94.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Japan
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63.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Jordan
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99.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Kazakhstan
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88.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Kenya
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41.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Kiribati
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Kuwait
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Kyrgyzstan
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20.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Laos
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2.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Latvia
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27.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Lebanon
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87.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Lesotho
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0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Liberia
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Libya
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Lithuania
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70.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Luxembourg
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28.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Macau
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100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Macedonia
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64.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Madagascar
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65.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Malawi
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0.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Malaysia
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91.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Maldives
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99.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Mali
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48.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Malta
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99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Mauritania
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63.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Mauritius
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75.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Mexico
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76.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Moldova
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88.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Mongolia
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99.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Montenegro
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24.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Montserrat
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Morocco
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69.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Mozambique
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0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Namibia
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33.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Nauru
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Nepal
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7.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Netherlands
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83.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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New Zealand
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31.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Nicaragua
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66% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Niger
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Nigeria
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67.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Niue
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Norway
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2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Oman
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Pakistan
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68.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Panama
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52.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Paraguay
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0.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Peru
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60.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Philippines
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66.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Poland
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89.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Portugal
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49% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Puerto Rico
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97.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Qatar
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Romania
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61.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Russia
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67.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Rwanda
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52.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Saint Lucia
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Samoa
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70.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Senegal
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99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Serbia
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66.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Seychelles
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Singapore
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99.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Slovakia
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42.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Slovenia
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38% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Somalia
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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South Sudan
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30.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Spain
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48.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Sri Lanka
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53.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Sudan
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30.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Suriname
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53.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Swaziland
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59.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Sweden
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13% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Switzerland
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3.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Syria
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89.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Taiwan
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77.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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Tajikistan
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9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Tanzania
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33.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Thailand
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89% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Togo
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21.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Tonga
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Tunisia
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96.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Turkey
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64.9% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Uganda
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31.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Ukraine
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64.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Uruguay
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39.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Uzbekistan
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85.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Vanuatu
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89.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Venezuela
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35.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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Vietnam
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55% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
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West Bank
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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World
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66.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Yemen
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100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Zambia
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0.4% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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Zimbabwe
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66.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
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