Fossil electricity share in Puerto Rico (US)

Oil, gas and coal produced 95.4% of electricity in Puerto Rico (US) in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Puerto Rico (US), 2021 95.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 −0.6percentage points 2020: 96.0%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 37th of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Puerto Rico (US) 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 2023
Period Puerto Rico (US)World
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 95.4% 61.5%
2020 96.0% 61.4%
2019 96.3% 62.9%
2018 97.4% 64.1%
2017 96.6% 64.7%
2016 97.3% 65.3%
2015 97.5% 66.1%
2014 98.0% 66.7%
2013 98.4% 67.1%
2012 99.4% 67.7%
2011 99.3% 67.8%
2010 99.6% 66.9%
2009 99.5% 66.6%
2008 99.5% 67.3%
2007 99.5% 67.7%
2006 99.5% 66.5%
2005 99.4% 66.1%
2004 99.5% 65.8%
2003 99.5% 66.1%
2002 99.5% 64.9%
2001 99.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 96.0% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 99.3%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Puerto Rico (US) has the 37th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.

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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
2000 to 2021 for Puerto Rico (US)
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