Fossil electricity share in Namibia

Oil, gas and coal produced 1.9% of electricity in Namibia in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1991 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 1.9% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 1.9%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Namibia (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Namibia 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 NamibiaWorld
2024 1.9% –
2023 1.9% 48.7%
2022 1.5% 60.7%
2021 2.9% 61.5%
2020 3.3% 61.4%
2019 3.8% 62.9%
2018 1.5% 64.1%
2017 3.8% 64.7%
2016 4.3% 65.3%
2015 2.2% 66.1%
2014 1.1% 66.7%
2013 4.4% 67.1%
2012 2.2% 67.7%
2011 1.8% 67.8%
2010 4.4% 66.9%
2009 5.4% 66.6%
2008 11.2% 67.3%
2007 2.2% 67.7%
2006 5.8% 66.5%
2005 0.2% 66.1%
2004 0.9% 65.8%
2003 0.1% 66.1%
2002 0.4% 64.9%
2001 0.2% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 1.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by +0.8 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
1991 to 2024 for Namibia
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