Fossil electricity share in Jamaica

Oil, gas and coal produced 89.3% of electricity in Jamaica in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jamaica, 2024 89.3% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 89.5%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Jamaica (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Jamaica 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 JamaicaWorld
2024 89.3% –
2023 89.5% 48.7%
2022 87.9% 60.7%
2021 87.2% 61.5%
2020 86.8% 61.4%
2019 87.9% 62.9%
2018 87.6% 64.1%
2017 88.3% 64.7%
2016 91.7% 65.3%
2015 93.1% 66.1%
2014 93.0% 66.7%
2013 93.7% 67.1%
2012 93.1% 67.7%
2011 93.6% 67.8%
2010 94.7% 66.9%
2009 94.8% 66.6%
2008 94.4% 67.3%
2007 96.0% 67.7%
2006 96.7% 66.5%
2005 97.0% 66.1%
2004 97.2% 65.8%
2003 97.9% 66.1%
2002 98.2% 64.9%
2001 98.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 89.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.0%, the figure has changed by −3.7 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 Jamaica
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