Fossil electricity share in Rwanda

Oil, gas and coal produced 40.7% of electricity in Rwanda in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2024 40.7% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −6.0percentage points 2023: 46.7%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Rwanda (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Rwanda 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 RwandaWorld
2024 40.7% –
2023 46.7% 48.7%
2022 46.9% 60.7%
2021 41.2% 61.5%
2020 36.3% 61.4%
2019 49.0% 62.9%
2018 56.5% 64.1%
2017 53.7% 64.7%
2016 49.7% 65.3%
2015 42.7% 66.1%
2014 49.4% 66.7%
2013 59.3% 67.1%
2012 53.4% 67.7%
2011 56.6% 67.8%
2010 60.3% 66.9%
2009 47.8% 66.6%
2008 44.6% 67.3%
2007 50.8% 67.7%
2006 51.9% 66.5%
2005 47.6% 66.1%
2004 41.8% 65.8%
2003 33.9% 66.1%
2002 42.1% 64.9%
2001 40.0% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.0 percentage points from 46.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 49.4%, the figure has changed by −8.7 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
2000 to 2024 for Rwanda
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