in a quarter of ldcs traditional biomass accounts for more than per cent of total primary energy use in half it is between per cent and per cent this leaves only a quarter of ldcs in which it does not represent the majority of primary energy used in most cases the remainder is made up mainly of oil products though with significant contributions in a few cases from natural gas particularly in bangladesh and to a lesser extent myanmar and yemen coal most notably in lesotho and afghanistan and renewable energy mainly hydroelectricity particularly in bhutan and lao people s democratic republic with smaller contributions in malawi mozambique and zambia