Fossil electricity share in Kenya

Oil, gas and coal produced 8.8% of electricity in Kenya in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kenya, 2024 8.8% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −1.5percentage points 2023: 10.3%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Kenya (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Kenya 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 KenyaWorld
2024 8.8% –
2023 10.3% 48.7%
2022 12.2% 60.7%
2021 10.2% 61.5%
2020 6.5% 61.4%
2019 11.4% 62.9%
2018 13.7% 64.1%
2017 24.5% 64.7%
2016 14.3% 65.3%
2015 14.5% 66.1%
2014 28.1% 66.7%
2013 25.0% 67.1%
2012 27.6% 67.7%
2011 36.3% 67.8%
2010 36.1% 66.9%
2009 44.5% 66.6%
2008 32.4% 67.3%
2007 26.7% 67.7%
2006 30.1% 66.5%
2005 26.4% 66.1%
2004 19.4% 65.8%
2003 18.5% 66.1%
2002 21.9% 64.9%
2001 33.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 10.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 28.1%, the figure has changed by −19.3 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 Kenya
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