Fossil electricity share in Equatorial Guinea

Oil, gas and coal produced 70.4% of electricity in Equatorial Guinea in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2013.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea, 2024 70.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +2.2percentage points 2023: 68.2%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Equatorial Guinea (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial GuineaWorld
2024 70.4% –
2023 68.2% 48.7%
2022 68.7% 60.7%
2021 67.4% 61.5%
2020 65.3% 61.4%
2019 68.0% 62.9%
2018 67.3% 64.1%
2017 67.1% 64.7%
2016 66.3% 65.3%
2015 64.0% 66.1%
2014 61.4% 66.7%
2013 84.8% 67.1%
2012 90.8% 67.7%
2011 96.4% 67.8%
2010 94.9% 66.9%
2009 94.3% 66.6%
2008 93.3% 67.3%
2007 81.6% 67.7%
2006 79.7% 66.5%
2005 78.5% 66.1%
2004 77.5% 65.8%
2003 72.3% 66.1%
2002 70.7% 64.9%
2001 70.7% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 68.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.4%, the figure has changed by +9.0 percentage points.

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All statistics for Equatorial Guinea

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 Equatorial Guinea
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