Syria
SYRGas overtook oil on Syria's grid in 2023.
Today gas supplies 52% and oil 44%.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Among the most carbon-heavy electricity anywhere.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Syria generates a surplus and sells it on.
What this means
The share of what this country generates that is sold abroad rather than used at home. A country can only export if it produces more than it needs, which usually means plentiful hydro, nuclear or wind.
Also true of Syria
Syria generates no coal electricity at all, in a region built on it.
45% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from coal.
Syria’s neighbours
JordanJordan is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
IsraelIsrael is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
LebanonLebanon has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
IraqGas overtook oil on Iraq's grid in 2018.
TurkeyCoal overtook gas on Turkey's grid in 2022.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Syria. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.