Fossil electricity share in Sweden

Oil, gas and coal produced 0.5% of electricity in Sweden in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sweden, 2025 0.5% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 0.5%
European Union, 2023 30.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Sweden (2025).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 23.9% Middle value of 22 countries

Fossil electricity share in Sweden 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 2025
Period SwedenEuropean Union
2025 0.5% –
2024 0.5% –
2023 0.6% 30.9%
2022 0.7% 38.0%
2021 0.8% 36.1%
2020 0.5% 35.6%
2019 1.0% 38.2%
2018 1.3% 40.3%
2017 1.1% 42.9%
2016 1.3% 42.1%
2015 1.2% 41.6%
2014 1.2% 40.5%
2013 1.8% 43.0%
2012 1.8% 45.8%
2011 2.9% 47.9%
2010 4.9% 47.8%
2009 2.8% 49.3%
2008 2.5% 50.8%
2007 2.4% 52.5%
2006 3.0% 51.8%
2005 2.5% 51.6%
2004 3.4% 51.2%
2003 6.6% 52.5%
2002 4.9% 51.4%
2001 3.7% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.2%, the figure has changed by −0.7 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
1990 to 2025 for Sweden
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