Fossil electricity share in Greece

Oil, gas and coal produced 52.2% of electricity in Greece in 2025.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Greece, 2025 52.2% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 +0.9percentage points 2024: 51.3%
European Union, 2023 30.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Greece (2025).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 23.9% Middle value of 22 countries

Fossil electricity share in Greece 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 2025
Period GreeceEuropean Union
2025 52.2% –
2024 51.3% –
2023 50.6% 30.9%
2022 57.0% 38.0%
2021 59.4% 36.1%
2020 63.3% 35.6%
2019 66.2% 38.2%
2018 69.1% 40.3%
2017 74.9% 42.9%
2016 72.2% 42.1%
2015 71.1% 41.6%
2014 75.4% 40.5%
2013 74.7% 43.0%
2012 82.9% 45.8%
2011 85.7% 47.9%
2010 81.4% 47.8%
2009 86.2% 49.3%
2008 89.6% 50.8%
2007 91.5% 52.5%
2006 86.3% 51.8%
2005 88.2% 51.6%
2004 88.9% 51.2%
2003 88.7% 52.5%
2002 92.0% 51.4%
2001 93.2% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 51.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 71.1%, the figure has changed by −18.9 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 2025 for Greece
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