Fossil electricity share in OECD members
Oil, gas and coal produced 49.1% of electricity in OECD member countries in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
49.1%
Change from 2022
−2.1percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.1% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 51.3% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 51.8% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 51.7% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 53.6% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 55.4% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 55.8% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 57.0% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 57.8% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 58.4% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 59.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 60.8% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 60.6% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 60.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 59.8% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 61.2% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 62.1% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 60.8% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 61.1% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 60.9% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 61.5% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 60.5% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 60.2% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.1 percentage points from 51.3% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 59.5%, the figure has changed by −10.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 48.7%.