Fossil electricity share in Ecuador

Oil, gas and coal produced 32.0% of electricity in Ecuador in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2024 32.0% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +5.4percentage points 2023: 26.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Ecuador (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Ecuador 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 EcuadorWorld
2024 32.0% –
2023 26.6% 48.7%
2022 23.9% 60.7%
2021 19.0% 61.5%
2020 20.3% 61.4%
2019 21.8% 62.9%
2018 27.4% 64.1%
2017 26.3% 64.7%
2016 39.8% 65.3%
2015 47.4% 66.1%
2014 50.8% 66.7%
2013 51.0% 67.1%
2012 45.1% 67.7%
2011 44.6% 67.8%
2010 54.5% 66.9%
2009 48.3% 66.6%
2008 38.2% 67.3%
2007 46.6% 67.7%
2006 51.9% 66.5%
2005 47.9% 66.1%
2004 41.1% 65.8%
2003 37.8% 66.1%
2002 36.7% 64.9%
2001 39.3% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.4 percentage points from 26.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 50.8%, the figure has changed by −18.8 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 Ecuador
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