Fossil electricity share in Brazil
Oil, gas and coal produced 11.1% of electricity in Brazil in 2025.
Brazil, 2025
11.1%
Change from 2024
+1.5percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
55.3%
Fossil electricity share in Brazil 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 | Brazil | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.1% | – |
| 2024 | 9.6% | – |
| 2023 | 8.7% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 20.0% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 15.4% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 17.5% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 23.9% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 24.8% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 20.4% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 8.1% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 8.7% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 10.8% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 11.2% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 9.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 23.9%, the figure has changed by −12.9 percentage points.