Fossil electricity share in Gabon

Oil, gas and coal produced 55.6% of electricity in Gabon in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2024 55.6% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 55.5%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Gabon (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Gabon 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 GabonWorld
2024 55.6% –
2023 55.5% 48.7%
2022 56.1% 60.7%
2021 55.7% 61.5%
2020 53.7% 61.4%
2019 53.9% 62.9%
2018 53.3% 64.1%
2017 54.3% 64.7%
2016 56.7% 65.3%
2015 49.4% 66.1%
2014 52.4% 66.7%
2013 52.3% 67.1%
2012 57.4% 67.7%
2011 58.4% 67.8%
2010 52.7% 66.9%
2009 48.0% 66.6%
2008 50.5% 67.3%
2007 53.4% 67.7%
2006 42.8% 66.5%
2005 47.9% 66.1%
2004 41.5% 65.8%
2003 40.9% 66.1%
2002 37.2% 64.9%
2001 37.1% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 55.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52.4%, the figure has changed by +3.2 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 Gabon
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