Fossil electricity share in Lebanon

Oil, gas and coal produced 60.0% of electricity in Lebanon in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2024 60.0% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −6.7percentage points 2023: 66.7%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Lebanon (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2024 60.0% –
2023 66.7% 48.7%
2022 54.5% 60.7%
2021 91.4% 61.5%
2020 93.5% 61.4%
2019 94.8% 62.9%
2018 97.9% 64.1%
2017 97.8% 64.7%
2016 97.8% 65.3%
2015 97.3% 66.1%
2014 98.8% 66.7%
2013 93.6% 67.1%
2012 92.9% 67.7%
2011 95.1% 67.8%
2010 94.7% 66.9%
2009 95.3% 66.6%
2008 97.0% 67.3%
2007 94.5% 67.7%
2006 93.9% 66.5%
2005 91.1% 66.1%
2004 90.6% 65.8%
2003 90.1% 66.1%
2002 94.1% 64.9%
2001 96.7% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.7 percentage points from 66.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.8%, the figure has changed by −38.9 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 Lebanon
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