Fossil electricity share in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Oil, gas and coal produced 88.8% of electricity in Somalia, Fed. Rep. in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2021 88.8% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 −3.0percentage points 2020: 91.8%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 62nd of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 88.8% 61.5%
2020 91.8% 61.4%
2019 95.3% 62.9%
2018 95.3% 64.1%
2017 95.4% 64.7%
2016 96.6% 65.3%
2015 98.5% 66.1%
2014 98.9% 66.7%
2013 98.9% 67.1%
2012 98.9% 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 −3.0 percentage points from 91.8% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −11.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 62nd 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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