Fossil electricity share in Chile

Oil, gas and coal produced 31.8% of electricity in Chile in 2025.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2025 31.8% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 31.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Chile (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 24.6% Middle value of 38 countries

Fossil electricity share in Chile over time

View
Places
2 selected
Chile World ×

% 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 ChileWorld
2025 31.8% –
2024 31.6% –
2023 36.4% 48.7%
2022 44.5% 60.7%
2021 51.2% 61.5%
2020 51.3% 61.4%
2019 53.4% 62.9%
2018 53.8% 64.1%
2017 56.1% 64.7%
2016 56.7% 65.3%
2015 56.4% 66.1%
2014 56.7% 66.7%
2013 64.1% 67.1%
2012 63.6% 67.7%
2011 60.4% 67.8%
2010 59.6% 66.9%
2009 51.0% 66.6%
2008 54.3% 67.3%
2007 55.8% 67.7%
2006 44.7% 66.5%
2005 46.1% 66.1%
2004 53.1% 65.8%
2003 49.8% 66.1%
2002 44.5% 64.9%
2001 45.7% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 31.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 56.4%, the figure has changed by −24.6 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 Chile
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