Fossil electricity share in Eswatini

Oil, gas and coal produced 2.5% of electricity in Eswatini in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eswatini, 2024 2.5% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 2.7%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Eswatini (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Eswatini 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 EswatiniWorld
2024 2.5% –
2023 2.7% 48.7%
2022 2.7% 60.7%
2021 2.9% 61.5%
2020 3.2% 61.4%
2019 7.8% 62.9%
2018 3.7% 64.1%
2017 4.2% 64.7%
2016 7.4% 65.3%
2015 4.7% 66.1%
2014 4.3% 66.7%
2013 3.5% 67.1%
2012 4.4% 67.7%
2011 2.8% 67.8%
2010 3.6% 66.9%
2009 9.0% 66.6%
2008 21.4% 67.3%
2007 28.3% 67.7%
2006 26.2% 66.5%
2005 27.7% 66.1%
2004 32.2% 65.8%
2003 32.3% 66.1%
2002 37.1% 64.9%
2001 30.2% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 2.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4.3%, the figure has changed by −1.9 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 Eswatini
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