Fossil electricity share in Egypt

Oil, gas and coal produced 86.9% of electricity in Egypt in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2003.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Egypt, 2024 86.9% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.9percentage points 2023: 87.8%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Egypt (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Egypt 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 EgyptWorld
2024 86.9% –
2023 87.8% 48.7%
2022 87.5% 60.7%
2021 87.8% 61.5%
2020 87.6% 61.4%
2019 88.0% 62.9%
2018 91.1% 64.1%
2017 92.0% 64.7%
2016 91.7% 65.3%
2015 91.5% 66.1%
2014 91.1% 66.7%
2013 91.2% 67.1%
2012 91.2% 67.7%
2011 90.6% 67.8%
2010 90.8% 66.9%
2009 89.9% 66.6%
2008 88.1% 67.3%
2007 86.9% 67.7%
2006 88.3% 66.5%
2005 87.9% 66.1%
2004 87.0% 65.8%
2003 85.9% 66.1%
2002 85.4% 64.9%
2001 81.6% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 87.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.1%, the figure has changed by −4.2 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 Egypt
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