Other Gases Electricity Generation by Country

Other gases electricity generation by country measures electricity generated from other gases for each country, in billion kilowatt-hours (BkWh) per year. The EIA classifies other gases separately from natural gas and includes gases such as blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 42 countries, with 42 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 253.12 BkWh in 2024, down from 259.86 BkWh in 2023.

China (160.00 BkWh) generated nearly two-thirds of the world's other-gases electricity in 2024 — about 8.9 times Japan (17.98 BkWh). South Korea (16.11 BkWh), the United States (10.85 BkWh) and Russia (9.00 BkWh) completed the top five. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

Other Gases Electricity Generation by Country

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#	Country	2024 (BkWh)
1	China CN	160
2	Japan JP	17.98
3	South Korea KR	16.11
4	United States US	10.85
5	Russia RU	9
6	Germany DE	8.01
7	Brazil BR	5.31
8	Taiwan TW	3.73
9	India IN	3.21
10	Belgium BE	2.16
11	Austria AT	1.88
12	Netherlands NL	1.81
13	United Kingdom GB	1.63
14	Türkiye TR	1.55
15	Poland PL	1.53
16	Italy IT	1.02
17	Ukraine UA	1
18	Argentina AR	0.79
19	Estonia EE	0.7
20	Iran IR	0.7
21	New Zealand NZ	0.62
22	Spain ES	0.53
23	Slovakia SK	0.49
24	Czech Republic CZ	0.39
25	Finland FI	0.38
26	Sweden SE	0.35
27	France FR	0.33
28	Israel IL	0.22
29	Canada CA	0.2
30	Tunisia TN	0.2
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.1
32	Romania RO	0.1
33	Algeria DZ	0.06
34	Serbia RS	0.05
35	Ecuador EC	0.05
36	Mexico MX	0.04
37	Norway NO	0.03
38	Colombia CO	0.03
39	Hungary HU	0.01
40	Lesotho LS	0
41	Australia AU	0
42	Bulgaria BG	0

China accounted for about 63.2% of the world total in 2024. Japan and South Korea added another 13.5% combined, while the five largest producers together accounted for 84.5%. The top ten accounted for 93.4%, leaving only 6.6% of global generation outside the leading ten.

China grew while the world total declined

China recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rising from 157.29 to 160.00 BkWh (+2.71 BkWh, about 1.7%). The world total fell from 259.86 to 253.12 BkWh (-6.74 BkWh, about 2.6%). South Korea recorded the largest decline among reported pairs, falling from 19.43 to 16.11 BkWh (-3.32 BkWh, about 17.1%).

China moved against the wider trend

China (+1.7%) was the only top-five producer to grow in 2024. Japan (-8.0%), South Korea (-17.1%), the United States (-7.9%) and Russia (-1.9%) all declined. Germany recorded an even steeper fall of 19.3%, the largest percentage decrease among the larger producers. The combined declines among the other major producers outweighed China's increase, leaving the world total 2.6% lower.

Six years of other-gases generation

Reported world values were 247.13 BkWh in 2019, 252.65 BkWh in 2020, 256.06 BkWh in 2021, 249.35 BkWh in 2022, 259.86 BkWh in 2023 and 253.12 BkWh in 2024. Generation ended about 2.4% above the 2019 level, with no sustained upward or downward trend across the period.

How other gases compare with total generation

Other gases accounted for 253.12 BkWh in 2024, or about 0.8% of the 30,664.34 BkWh generated worldwide. The category is highly concentrated: China alone produced 160.00 BkWh, while the other 41 countries together accounted for 93.12 BkWh. The five largest producers supplied 84.5% of the world total. The ranking reflects electricity generated from other gases, not gas production or consumption.

Other Gases Electricity Generation by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	128.63	147.32	143.62	145.24	157.29	160
2	Japan	27.9	22.18	24.88	20.1	19.54	17.98
3	South Korea	19.12	18.17	19.21	18.73	19.43	16.11
4	United States	12.59	11.82	11.4	11.72	11.78	10.85
5	Russia	8.82	8.3	8.22	8.05	9.17	9
6	Germany	10.36	9.1	10.21	9.47	9.92	8.01
7	Brazil	5.95	5.56	6.43	6.21	5.27	5.31
8	Taiwan	4.33	3.98	4.5	3.8	3.63	3.73
9	India	2.6	2.35	2.7	2.7	3.33	3.21
10	Belgium	2.42	1.8	1.99	2.24	1.8	2.16
11	Austria	1.91	1.8	2.02	1.9	1.91	1.88
12	Netherlands	2.36	2.48	2.72	2.6	1.99	1.81
13	United Kingdom	0.94	0.95	0.97	1.5	0.9	1.63
14	Türkiye	1.72	1.79	1.77	1.61	1.59	1.55
15	Poland	2.31	1.97	2.09	1.77	1.76	1.53
16	Italy	2.41	1.66	1.91	1.62	1.16	1.02
17	Ukraine	0.8	1.41	1.48	1.01	1.16	1
18	Argentina	0.66	0.69	0.67	0.79	0.79	0.79
19	Estonia	1.02	0.75	0.71	0.81	0.84	0.7
20	Iran	0.81	0.8	0.84	0.73	0.7	0.7
21	New Zealand	0.68	0.61	0.68	0.62	0.56	0.62
22	Spain	1.12	0.63	1.16	0.84	0.83	0.53
23	Slovakia	0.37	0.34	0.52	0.44	0.46	0.49
24	Czech Republic	2.11	1.68	0.63	0.56	0.45	0.39
25	Finland	0.6	0.61	0.7	0.65	0.67	0.38
26	Sweden	0.77	0.58	0.65	0.53	0.59	0.35
27	France	2.24	1.86	1.9	1.71	1.09	0.33
28	Israel	0.25	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.22
29	Canada	0.22	0.21	0.2	0.19	0.22	0.2
30	Tunisia	0.29	0.19	0.22	0.21	0.18	0.2
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0.07	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.1
32	Romania	0.11	0.12	0.16	0.16	0.12	0.1
33	Algeria	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
34	Serbia	0.08	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05
35	Ecuador	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
36	Mexico	0.21	0.22	0.16	0.11	0.09	0.04
37	Norway	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.03
38	Colombia	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
39	Hungary	0.15	0.12	0.09	0.07	0.02	0.01
40	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Bulgaria	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.03	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual electricity generation from other gases in billion kilowatt-hours (BkWh). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of the countries listed on this page may not equal the reported world total because the country-level data presented here do not necessarily represent the complete set of values used for the world total. This page covers electricity generation from other gases only; natural gas and other sources are reported separately in the source.