Fossil electricity share in Greenland
Oil, gas and coal produced 23.0% of electricity in Greenland in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2000.
Greenland, 2021
23.0%
Change from 2020
−2.7percentage points
World, 2021
61.5%
Position in 2021
167th of 207
Fossil electricity share in Greenland 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 | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 48.7% |
| 2022 | – | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 25.7% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 27.4% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 28.8% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 24.7% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 24.7% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 26.1% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 27.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 34.3% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 34.2% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 35.9% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 45.7% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 57.0% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 55.3% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 57.2% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 51.9% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 68.8% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 44.0% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 45.8% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 47.3% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 25.7% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 34.2%, the figure has changed by −11.3 percentage points.
- Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Greenland has the 167th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.