Fossil electricity share in Switzerland

Oil, gas and coal produced 0.4% of electricity in Switzerland in 2025.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Switzerland, 2025 0.4% % of total electricity production
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 0.3%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Switzerland (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 24.6% Middle value of 38 countries

Fossil electricity share in Switzerland 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 SwitzerlandWorld
2025 0.4% –
2024 0.3% –
2023 0.4% 48.7%
2022 0.6% 60.7%
2021 0.8% 61.5%
2020 0.9% 61.4%
2019 0.9% 62.9%
2018 0.9% 64.1%
2017 1.2% 64.7%
2016 1.4% 65.3%
2015 1.0% 66.1%
2014 0.7% 66.7%
2013 1.1% 67.1%
2012 1.4% 67.7%
2011 1.6% 67.8%
2010 1.6% 66.9%
2009 1.2% 66.6%
2008 1.2% 67.3%
2007 1.3% 67.7%
2006 1.5% 66.5%
2005 1.8% 66.1%
2004 1.7% 65.8%
2003 1.7% 66.1%
2002 1.7% 64.9%
2001 1.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 0.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.0%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.

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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
1990 to 2025 for Switzerland
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