The table compares five Asian countries in terms of the amount of electricity they generated in 2005, from five different sources.
Overall, nuclear energy received the highest preference among Japanese and South Korean, while coal and lignite achieved the most prominence in Malaysia. Hydro and wind-generated energy registered the most sizable share in South Korea, whereas other categories of electricity sources occupied a stable portion across all listed countries. Notably, Thailand showed a strong reliance upon petroleum-based electricity, a tendency not witnessed in any other nations.
Japan’s dependency on nuclear power stood at 49%, making its share the largest of all countries, followed closely by South Korea at relatively one-third of the total consumption figures for this energy type. Concerning the usage of coal and lignite, Malaysia and Singapore exhibited the strongest proportion with 61% and 42%, leaving the remaining countries with marginal statistics of less than 10%. Although the electricity industry of South Korea favors nuclear power, its top priority was in hydro and wind-based power with 48% usage, towering over the second highest figures of 19% in Thailand.
Remarkably, Thailand surpassed all other nations in their statistics of petroleum fuels, with 36% of its sources allocated to these products. With regards to other categories of energy, there was a more nuanced dítribution, with the most outstanding users, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore reported around 40% of consumption, whereas the proportion for the other two nations remained at less than 14%.