Fossil electricity share in Russia

Oil, gas and coal produced 64.3% of electricity in Russia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Russia, 2024 64.3% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 63.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Russia (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 59.7% Middle value of 19 countries

Fossil electricity share in Russia 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 RussiaWorld
2024 64.3% –
2023 63.6% 48.7%
2022 62.2% 60.7%
2021 61.2% 61.5%
2020 59.9% 61.4%
2019 63.4% 62.9%
2018 64.0% 64.1%
2017 64.0% 64.7%
2016 64.5% 65.3%
2015 65.4% 66.1%
2014 66.0% 66.7%
2013 66.1% 67.1%
2012 67.5% 67.7%
2011 67.4% 67.8%
2010 67.0% 66.9%
2009 65.4% 66.6%
2008 68.0% 67.3%
2007 66.4% 67.7%
2006 66.4% 66.5%
2005 65.7% 66.1%
2004 65.2% 65.8%
2003 66.1% 66.1%
2002 65.4% 64.9%
2001 64.6% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 63.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 66.0%, the figure has changed by −1.7 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 Russia
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