Fossil electricity share in Iran

Oil, gas and coal produced 93.6% of electricity in Iran in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Iran, 2024 93.6% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 93.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Iran (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Iran 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 IranWorld
2024 93.6% –
2023 93.6% 48.7%
2022 93.4% 60.7%
2021 94.9% 61.5%
2020 91.5% 61.4%
2019 88.0% 62.9%
2018 92.2% 64.1%
2017 92.4% 64.7%
2016 91.9% 65.3%
2015 93.9% 66.1%
2014 93.2% 66.7%
2013 92.6% 67.1%
2012 94.3% 67.7%
2011 94.7% 67.8%
2010 95.8% 66.9%
2009 96.6% 66.6%
2008 97.6% 67.3%
2007 91.1% 67.7%
2006 90.5% 66.5%
2005 90.9% 66.1%
2004 93.6% 65.8%
2003 92.8% 66.1%
2002 94.2% 64.9%
2001 96.1% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 93.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.2%, the figure has changed by +0.4 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 2024 for Iran
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