Fossil electricity share in Germany
Oil, gas and coal produced 40.9% of electricity in Germany in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Germany, 2025
40.9%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
European Union, 2023
30.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
23.9%
Fossil electricity share in Germany 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 | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.9% | – |
| 2024 | 40.9% | – |
| 2023 | 42.7% | 30.9% |
| 2022 | 48.1% | 38.0% |
| 2021 | 46.6% | 36.1% |
| 2020 | 42.5% | 35.6% |
| 2019 | 45.7% | 38.2% |
| 2018 | 51.1% | 40.3% |
| 2017 | 52.9% | 42.9% |
| 2016 | 55.6% | 42.1% |
| 2015 | 54.4% | 41.6% |
| 2014 | 56.2% | 40.5% |
| 2013 | 58.7% | 43.0% |
| 2012 | 59.1% | 45.8% |
| 2011 | 59.8% | 47.9% |
| 2010 | 58.8% | 47.8% |
| 2009 | 59.1% | 49.3% |
| 2008 | 60.1% | 50.8% |
| 2007 | 62.0% | 52.5% |
| 2006 | 60.3% | 51.8% |
| 2005 | 61.6% | 51.6% |
| 2004 | 62.0% | 51.2% |
| 2003 | 63.8% | 52.5% |
| 2002 | 62.3% | 51.4% |
| 2001 | 62.2% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 40.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 54.4%, the figure has changed by −13.5 percentage points.
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