Fossil electricity share in Ghana
Oil, gas and coal produced 60.6% of electricity in Ghana in 2024.
Ghana, 2024
60.6%
Change from 2023
−1.0percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in Ghana 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 | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60.6% | – |
| 2023 | 61.5% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 63.9% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 65.3% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 63.6% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 59.8% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 62.8% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 59.9% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 52.7% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 49.4% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 35.3% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 36.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 33.2% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 32.7% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 31.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 23.2% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 38.3% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 66.9% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 49.9% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 21.9% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 16.2% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 45.3% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 49.5% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 22.4% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 61.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 35.3%, the figure has changed by +25.3 percentage points.