Fossil electricity share in Saudi Arabia
Oil, gas and coal produced 98.5% of electricity in Saudi Arabia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Saudi Arabia, 2024
98.5%
Change from 2023
−0.6percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2024
59.7%
Fossil electricity share in Saudi Arabia 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.
| Period | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.5% | – |
| 2023 | 99.1% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 99.4% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 99.7% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 99.7% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 99.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.