Fossil electricity share in Gambia

Oil, gas and coal produced 98.4% of electricity in Gambia in 2021.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Gambia, 2021 98.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 98.4%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 21st of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Gambia 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 2023
Period GambiaWorld
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 98.4% 61.5%
2020 98.4% 61.4%
2019 98.4% 62.9%
2018 98.6% 64.1%
2017 98.6% 64.7%
2016 98.6% 65.3%
2015 98.4% 66.1%
2014 98.0% 66.7%
2013 97.9% 67.1%
2012 98.0% 67.7%
2011 98.1% 67.8%
2010 98.8% 66.9%
2009 98.8% 66.6%
2008 99.0% 67.3%
2007 99.2% 67.7%
2006 99.3% 66.5%
2005 99.3% 66.1%
2004 99.5% 65.8%
2003 99.7% 66.1%
2002 99.9% 64.9%
2001 100.0% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.4% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 98.1%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Gambia has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.

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
2000 to 2021 for Gambia
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