Fossil electricity share in Australia
Oil, gas and coal produced 62.5% of electricity in Australia in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Australia, 2025
62.5%
Change from 2024
−2.5percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
24.6%
Fossil electricity share in Australia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Australia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.5% | – |
| 2024 | 65.0% | – |
| 2023 | 66.2% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 69.1% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 73.3% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 77.4% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 80.3% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 82.9% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 84.3% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 85.4% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 86.7% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 85.4% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 86.8% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 89.5% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 89.6% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 91.4% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 92.5% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 91.8% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 91.3% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 90.7% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 91.1% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 91.7% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 91.5% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 92.1% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 91.8% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.5 percentage points from 65.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 86.7%, the figure has changed by −24.2 percentage points.