Fossil electricity share in Mozambique

Oil, gas and coal produced 16.1% of electricity in Mozambique in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 16.1% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 16.5%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mozambique (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Mozambique 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 MozambiqueWorld
2024 16.1% –
2023 16.5% 48.7%
2022 16.3% 60.7%
2021 17.0% 61.5%
2020 16.5% 61.4%
2019 20.6% 62.9%
2018 18.2% 64.1%
2017 19.5% 64.7%
2016 17.1% 65.3%
2015 7.0% 66.1%
2014 1.3% 66.7%
2013 1.4% 67.1%
2012 0.7% 67.7%
2011 0.6% 67.8%
2010 0.1% 66.9%
2009 0.1% 66.6%
2008 0.1% 67.3%
2007 0.1% 67.7%
2006 0.1% 66.5%
2005 0.2% 66.1%
2004 0.4% 65.8%
2003 0.3% 66.1%
2002 0.3% 64.9%
2001 0.4% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 16.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1.3%, the figure has changed by +14.8 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 Mozambique
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