Fossil electricity share in Faroe Islands
Oil, gas and coal produced 61.9% of electricity in Faroe Islands in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 2012.
Faroe Islands, 2021
61.9%
Change from 2020
+0.6percentage points
World, 2021
61.5%
Position in 2021
114th of 207
Fossil electricity share in Faroe Islands 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 | Faroe Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 48.7% |
| 2022 | – | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 61.9% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 61.3% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 59.6% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 51.2% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 48.9% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 50.1% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 39.9% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 49.2% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 61.6% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 62.1% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 60.9% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 71.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 61.0% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 60.6% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 55.4% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 55.7% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 55.5% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 58.6% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 64.4% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 59.6% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 67.4% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 61.3% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 60.9%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
- Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Faroe Islands has the 114th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.