Fossil electricity share in Pakistan

Oil, gas and coal produced 55.7% of electricity in Pakistan in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Pakistan, 2024 55.7% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +4.4percentage points 2023: 51.2%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Pakistan (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Pakistan 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 PakistanWorld
2024 55.7% –
2023 51.2% 48.7%
2022 53.6% 60.7%
2021 63.6% 61.5%
2020 66.6% 61.4%
2019 63.7% 62.9%
2018 67.4% 64.1%
2017 68.3% 64.7%
2016 66.1% 65.3%
2015 63.4% 66.1%
2014 63.5% 66.7%
2013 64.1% 67.1%
2012 64.2% 67.7%
2011 64.5% 67.8%
2010 62.7% 66.9%
2009 67.5% 66.6%
2008 67.9% 67.3%
2007 66.8% 67.7%
2006 65.1% 66.5%
2005 64.4% 66.1%
2004 66.8% 65.8%
2003 64.5% 66.1%
2002 68.2% 64.9%
2001 70.7% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.4 percentage points from 51.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 63.5%, the figure has changed by −7.8 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 Pakistan
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