Fossil electricity share in North America
Oil, gas and coal produced 54.3% of electricity in North America in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2023
54.3%
Change from 2022
−0.3percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in North America 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.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 54.3% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 54.6% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 55.4% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 54.8% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 56.8% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 57.8% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 56.8% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 58.9% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 60.6% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 60.9% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 61.2% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 62.4% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 62.2% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 64.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 65.0% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 65.6% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 65.1% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 65.8% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 65.3% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 65.4% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 65.0% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 66.0% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 54.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 61.2%, the figure has changed by −6.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 48.7%.