Fossil electricity share in Peru

Oil, gas and coal produced 40.0% of electricity in Peru in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Peru, 2024 40.0% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −6.1percentage points 2023: 46.1%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Peru (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Peru 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 PeruWorld
2024 40.0% –
2023 46.1% 48.7%
2022 44.0% 60.7%
2021 38.2% 61.5%
2020 35.8% 61.4%
2019 39.5% 62.9%
2018 39.1% 64.1%
2017 42.5% 64.7%
2016 50.6% 65.3%
2015 47.0% 66.1%
2014 48.0% 66.7%
2013 46.2% 67.1%
2012 44.3% 67.7%
2011 43.0% 67.8%
2010 41.5% 66.9%
2009 38.5% 66.6%
2008 39.2% 67.3%
2007 33.1% 67.7%
2006 25.2% 66.5%
2005 26.6% 66.1%
2004 23.0% 65.8%
2003 14.9% 66.1%
2002 13.8% 64.9%
2001 11.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.1 percentage points from 46.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 48.0%, the figure has changed by −8.0 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 Peru
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