Fossil electricity share in Nepal

Oil, gas and coal produced 0.0% of electricity in Nepal in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2022 0.0% % of total electricity production
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 0.0%
World, 2022 60.7% Official aggregate

Fossil electricity share in Nepal 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 2023
Period NepalWorld
2023 – 48.7%
2022 0.0% 60.7%
2021 0.0% 61.5%
2020 0.0% 61.4%
2019 0.0% 62.9%
2018 0.0% 64.1%
2017 0.0% 64.7%
2016 0.0% 65.3%
2015 0.0% 66.1%
2014 0.2% 66.7%
2013 0.7% 67.1%
2012 0.8% 67.7%
2011 0.1% 67.8%
2010 0.3% 66.9%
2009 0.8% 66.6%
2008 0.6% 67.3%
2007 0.7% 67.7%
2006 1.0% 66.5%
2005 1.2% 66.1%
2004 1.1% 65.8%
2003 0.5% 66.1%
2002 0.7% 64.9%
2001 2.1% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.0% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 60.7%.

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 2022 for Nepal
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