Fossil electricity share in Afghanistan
Oil, gas and coal produced 21.8% of electricity in Afghanistan in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 2011.
Afghanistan, 2021
21.8%
Change from 2020
+8.9percentage points
World, 2021
61.5%
Position in 2021
169th of 207
Fossil electricity share in Afghanistan over time
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 48.7% |
| 2022 | – | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 12.9% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 12.2% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 17.3% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 13.1% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 12.4% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 14.5% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 19.0% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 20.2% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 25.6% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 18.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 20.4% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 33.3% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 31.0% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 29.1% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 37.0% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 37.1% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 19.4% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 6.5% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +8.9 percentage points from 12.9% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 25.6%, the figure has changed by −3.8 percentage points.
- Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Afghanistan has the 169th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.