Fossil electricity share in Hong Kong SAR, China

Oil, gas and coal produced 98.7% of electricity in Hong Kong SAR, China in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Hong Kong SAR, China, 2024 98.7% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 98.8%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Hong Kong SAR, China (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Hong Kong SAR, China 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 2024
Period Hong Kong SAR, ChinaWorld
2024 98.7% –
2023 98.8% 48.7%
2022 99.0% 60.7%
2021 99.3% 61.5%
2020 99.5% 61.4%
2019 99.6% 62.9%
2018 99.7% 64.1%
2017 99.7% 64.7%
2016 99.8% 65.3%
2015 99.8% 66.1%
2014 99.9% 66.7%
2013 99.9% 67.1%
2012 99.9% 67.7%
2011 99.9% 67.8%
2010 99.9% 66.9%
2009 99.9% 66.6%
2008 99.9% 67.3%
2007 99.9% 67.7%
2006 100.0% 66.5%
2005 100.0% 66.1%
2004 100.0% 65.8%
2003 100.0% 66.1%
2002 100.0% 64.9%
2001 100.0% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 98.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.9%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.

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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 2024 for Hong Kong SAR, China
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