Fossil electricity share in Syria

Oil, gas and coal produced 80.7% of electricity in Syria in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1993.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Syria, 2024 80.7% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −6.3percentage points 2023: 87.0%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Syria (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Syria 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 SyriaWorld
2024 80.7% –
2023 87.0% 48.7%
2022 93.0% 60.7%
2021 96.7% 61.5%
2020 97.0% 61.4%
2019 97.2% 62.9%
2018 97.1% 64.1%
2017 96.5% 64.7%
2016 95.1% 65.3%
2015 97.9% 66.1%
2014 90.3% 66.7%
2013 89.9% 67.1%
2012 91.5% 67.7%
2011 93.2% 67.8%
2010 94.4% 66.9%
2009 95.7% 66.6%
2008 93.0% 67.3%
2007 91.0% 67.7%
2006 89.4% 66.5%
2005 87.6% 66.1%
2004 87.0% 65.8%
2003 90.7% 66.1%
2002 91.3% 64.9%
2001 87.2% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.3 percentage points from 87.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.3%, the figure has changed by −9.7 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 2024 for Syria
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