Fossil electricity share in Eritrea

Oil, gas and coal produced 90.0% of electricity in Eritrea in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eritrea, 2024 90.0% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 89.3%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Eritrea (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Eritrea 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 EritreaWorld
2024 90.0% –
2023 89.3% 48.7%
2022 89.0% 60.7%
2021 88.2% 61.5%
2020 87.0% 61.4%
2019 86.6% 62.9%
2018 86.3% 64.1%
2017 86.7% 64.7%
2016 92.4% 65.3%
2015 92.6% 66.1%
2014 93.2% 66.7%
2013 97.8% 67.1%
2012 98.5% 67.7%
2011 98.5% 67.8%
2010 98.8% 66.9%
2009 98.7% 66.6%
2008 98.7% 67.3%
2007 99.3% 67.7%
2006 99.3% 66.5%
2005 99.7% 66.1%
2004 99.7% 65.8%
2003 99.7% 66.1%
2002 99.6% 64.9%
2001 99.6% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 89.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.2%, the figure has changed by −3.1 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
1992 to 2024 for Eritrea
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