Fossil electricity share in Mexico

Oil, gas and coal produced 75.4% of electricity in Mexico in 2025.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Mexico, 2025 75.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 −1.2percentage points 2024: 76.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mexico (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 24.6% Middle value of 38 countries

Fossil electricity share in Mexico 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 2025
Period MexicoWorld
2025 75.4% –
2024 76.6% –
2023 76.8% 48.7%
2022 70.2% 60.7%
2021 71.2% 61.5%
2020 73.4% 61.4%
2019 78.0% 62.9%
2018 78.7% 64.1%
2017 80.2% 64.7%
2016 81.5% 65.3%
2015 81.0% 66.1%
2014 79.2% 66.7%
2013 82.7% 67.1%
2012 83.3% 67.7%
2011 81.7% 67.8%
2010 81.2% 66.9%
2009 83.1% 66.6%
2008 78.8% 67.3%
2007 82.0% 67.7%
2006 80.5% 66.5%
2005 80.5% 66.1%
2004 81.7% 65.8%
2003 83.4% 66.1%
2002 80.5% 64.9%
2001 78.8% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 76.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 81.0%, the figure has changed by −5.6 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 2025 for Mexico
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