Fossil electricity share in Poland

Oil, gas and coal produced 67.4% of electricity in Poland in 2025. The value for 2025 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 2025 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2025 67.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 −1.1percentage points 2024: 68.5%
European Union, 2023 30.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Poland (2025).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 23.9% Middle value of 22 countries

Fossil electricity share in Poland 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 2025
Period PolandEuropean Union
2025 67.4% –
2024 68.5% –
2023 71.2% 30.9%
2022 78.1% 38.0%
2021 82.2% 36.1%
2020 81.2% 35.6%
2019 83.6% 38.2%
2018 86.7% 40.3%
2017 85.4% 42.9%
2016 85.9% 42.1%
2015 85.8% 41.6%
2014 87.1% 40.5%
2013 89.2% 43.0%
2012 89.3% 45.8%
2011 91.6% 47.9%
2010 92.7% 47.8%
2009 93.8% 49.3%
2008 95.3% 50.8%
2007 96.1% 52.5%
2006 96.5% 51.8%
2005 96.3% 51.6%
2004 96.7% 51.2%
2003 97.4% 52.5%
2002 96.8% 51.4%
2001 96.7% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 68.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 85.8%, the figure has changed by −18.3 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 2025 for Poland
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