Fossil electricity share in Timor-Leste

Oil, gas and coal produced 99.6% of electricity in Timor-Leste in 2021.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2002 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2021 99.6% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 99.6%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 12th of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-LesteWorld
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 99.6% 61.5%
2020 99.6% 61.4%
2019 99.7% 62.9%
2018 99.6% 64.1%
2017 99.6% 64.7%
2016 99.5% 65.3%
2015 99.4% 66.1%
2014 99.3% 66.7%
2013 99.2% 67.1%
2012 98.4% 67.7%
2011 98.9% 67.8%
2010 99.1% 66.9%
2009 99.1% 66.6%
2008 99.0% 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 – 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.6% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 98.9%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Timor-Leste has the 12th 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
2002 to 2021 for Timor-Leste
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