Fossil electricity share in Japan
Oil, gas and coal produced 60.2% of electricity in Japan in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2001.
Japan, 2025
60.2%
Change from 2024
−3.0percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
24.6%
Fossil electricity share in Japan 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 | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.2% | – |
| 2024 | 63.2% | – |
| 2023 | 64.3% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 68.3% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 68.6% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 72.4% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 71.9% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 73.4% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 77.3% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 80.2% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 82.1% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 84.8% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 85.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 85.7% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 77.7% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 63.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 62.4% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 65.2% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 65.7% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 60.2% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 61.1% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 61.3% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 64.1% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 60.6% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 57.5% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.0 percentage points from 63.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 82.1%, the figure has changed by −21.9 percentage points.