Fossil electricity share in Sierra Leone

Oil, gas and coal produced 24.7% of electricity in Sierra Leone in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2014.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Sierra Leone, 2021 24.7% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 24.7%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 164th of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra LeoneWorld
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 24.7% 61.5%
2020 24.7% 61.4%
2019 24.7% 62.9%
2018 24.7% 64.1%
2017 24.8% 64.7%
2016 25.8% 65.3%
2015 25.3% 66.1%
2014 17.4% 66.7%
2013 38.0% 67.1%
2012 26.1% 67.7%
2011 12.9% 67.8%
2010 12.6% 66.9%
2009 64.9% 66.6%
2008 93.9% 67.3%
2007 81.1% 67.7%
2006 79.7% 66.5%
2005 75.9% 66.1%
2004 82.5% 65.8%
2003 83.3% 66.1%
2002 83.3% 64.9%
2001 66.7% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 24.7% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 12.9%, the figure has changed by +11.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Sierra Leone has the 164th 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 Sierra Leone
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