Fossil electricity share in Dominican Republic

Oil, gas and coal produced 84.0% of electricity in Dominican Republic in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Dominican Republic, 2024 84.0% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 83.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Dominican Republic (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Dominican Republic 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 Dominican RepublicWorld
2024 84.0% –
2023 83.6% 48.7%
2022 84.8% 60.7%
2021 83.4% 61.5%
2020 84.4% 61.4%
2019 87.6% 62.9%
2018 86.3% 64.1%
2017 85.0% 64.7%
2016 89.4% 65.3%
2015 92.5% 66.1%
2014 90.7% 66.7%
2013 87.6% 67.1%
2012 88.4% 67.7%
2011 89.8% 67.8%
2010 89.9% 66.9%
2009 88.9% 66.6%
2008 90.0% 67.3%
2007 87.9% 67.7%
2006 87.0% 66.5%
2005 85.2% 66.1%
2004 86.3% 65.8%
2003 89.9% 66.1%
2002 92.6% 64.9%
2001 93.8% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 83.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.7%, the figure has changed by −6.7 percentage points.

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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 Dominican Republic
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