Fossil electricity share in Jordan

Oil, gas and coal produced 77.9% of electricity in Jordan in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2024 77.9% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 78.0%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Jordan (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Jordan 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 JordanWorld
2024 77.9% –
2023 78.0% 48.7%
2022 76.9% 60.7%
2021 77.0% 61.5%
2020 81.1% 61.4%
2019 85.6% 62.9%
2018 89.4% 64.1%
2017 93.3% 64.7%
2016 95.6% 65.3%
2015 99.1% 66.1%
2014 99.6% 66.7%
2013 99.6% 67.1%
2012 99.6% 67.7%
2011 99.5% 67.8%
2010 99.5% 66.9%
2009 99.5% 66.6%
2008 99.5% 67.3%
2007 99.4% 67.7%
2006 99.5% 66.5%
2005 99.3% 66.1%
2004 99.3% 65.8%
2003 99.4% 66.1%
2002 99.2% 64.9%
2001 99.3% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 78.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.6%, the figure has changed by −21.7 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 Jordan
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