Fossil electricity share in Cyprus

Oil, gas and coal produced 76.3% of electricity in Cyprus in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cyprus, 2024 76.3% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −3.2percentage points 2023: 79.5%
European Union, 2023 30.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Cyprus (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 26.5% Middle value of 27 countries

Fossil electricity share in Cyprus 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 2024
Period CyprusEuropean Union
2024 76.3% –
2023 79.5% 30.9%
2022 83.2% 38.0%
2021 84.9% 36.1%
2020 87.7% 35.6%
2019 90.0% 38.2%
2018 90.6% 40.3%
2017 91.3% 42.9%
2016 91.3% 42.1%
2015 91.2% 41.6%
2014 92.7% 40.5%
2013 92.4% 43.0%
2012 94.6% 45.8%
2011 96.4% 47.9%
2010 98.6% 47.8%
2009 99.4% 49.3%
2008 99.7% 50.8%
2007 99.9% 52.5%
2006 100.0% 51.8%
2005 100.0% 51.6%
2004 100.0% 51.2%
2003 100.0% 52.5%
2002 100.0% 51.4%
2001 100.0% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 79.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 92.7%, the figure has changed by −16.4 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 2024 for Cyprus
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