Fossil electricity share in Iraq
Oil, gas and coal produced 97.8% of electricity in Iraq in 2024.
Iraq, 2024
97.8%
Change from 2023
−1.2percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in Iraq 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 | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.8% | – |
| 2023 | 99.0% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 97.2% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 96.4% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 97.6% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 95.6% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 96.2% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 95.6% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 91.8% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 93.7% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 90.3% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 91.5% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 82.7% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 82.0% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 80.3% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 98.5% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 98.5% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 98.5% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 98.1% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 99.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 95.6%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.