Fossil electricity share in European Union
Oil, gas and coal produced 30.9% of electricity in the European Union in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2023
30.9%
Change from 2022
−7.1percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.9% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 38.0% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 36.1% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 35.6% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 40.3% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 42.9% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 42.1% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 41.6% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 40.5% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 43.0% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 45.8% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 47.9% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 47.8% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 49.3% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 50.8% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 52.5% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 51.8% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 51.6% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 51.2% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 52.5% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 51.4% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 49.9% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −7.1 percentage points from 38.0% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 43.0%, the figure has changed by −12.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 48.7%.
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