Fossil electricity share in Senegal

Oil, gas and coal produced 84.4% of electricity in Senegal in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Senegal, 2024 84.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 84.0%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Senegal (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Senegal 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 SenegalWorld
2024 84.4% –
2023 84.0% 48.7%
2022 85.0% 60.7%
2021 82.9% 61.5%
2020 86.9% 61.4%
2019 90.5% 62.9%
2018 90.8% 64.1%
2017 95.1% 64.7%
2016 97.4% 65.3%
2015 97.3% 66.1%
2014 97.4% 66.7%
2013 96.4% 67.1%
2012 95.1% 67.7%
2011 94.2% 67.8%
2010 94.6% 66.9%
2009 96.5% 66.6%
2008 96.8% 67.3%
2007 96.8% 67.7%
2006 96.6% 66.5%
2005 92.3% 66.1%
2004 91.0% 65.8%
2003 90.6% 66.1%
2002 89.2% 64.9%
2001 – 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 84.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.4%, the figure has changed by −13.0 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 Senegal
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