Fossil electricity share in Argentina

Oil, gas and coal produced 55.3% of electricity in Argentina in 2025.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2025 55.3% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 +1.9percentage points 2024: 53.4%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Argentina (2025).
Median of G20 countries, 2025 55.3% Middle value of 13 countries

Fossil electricity share in Argentina 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.

Electricity from oil, gas and coal (% of total electricity production), 2001 to 2025
Period ArgentinaWorld
2025 55.3% –
2024 53.4% –
2023 52.8% 48.7%
2022 60.9% 60.7%
2021 65.0% 61.5%
2020 62.4% 61.4%
2019 63.6% 62.9%
2018 65.6% 64.1%
2017 66.8% 64.7%
2016 67.5% 65.3%
2015 65.7% 66.1%
2014 65.0% 66.7%
2013 64.0% 67.1%
2012 66.4% 67.7%
2011 63.3% 67.8%
2010 59.7% 66.9%
2009 56.5% 66.6%
2008 60.8% 67.3%
2007 58.0% 67.7%
2006 50.4% 66.5%
2005 52.1% 66.1%
2004 53.2% 65.8%
2003 44.8% 66.1%
2002 39.4% 64.9%
2001 40.3% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 53.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 65.7%, the figure has changed by −10.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency