Fossil electricity share in Uganda

Oil, gas and coal produced 2.9% of electricity in Uganda in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2024 2.9% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 2.7%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Uganda (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Uganda 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 UgandaWorld
2024 2.9% –
2023 2.7% 48.7%
2022 2.6% 60.7%
2021 2.4% 61.5%
2020 2.6% 61.4%
2019 3.0% 62.9%
2018 7.2% 64.1%
2017 2.9% 64.7%
2016 3.0% 65.3%
2015 3.3% 66.1%
2014 3.9% 66.7%
2013 1.2% 67.1%
2012 11.0% 67.7%
2011 39.5% 67.8%
2010 41.3% 66.9%
2009 37.2% 66.6%
2008 26.6% 67.3%
2007 27.2% 67.7%
2006 23.8% 66.5%
2005 3.5% 66.1%
2004 0.1% 65.8%
2003 0.3% 66.1%
2002 0.4% 64.9%
2001 0.4% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 2.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 3.9%, the figure has changed by −1.0 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 Uganda
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