Fossil electricity share in United Arab Emirates

Oil, gas and coal produced 70.1% of electricity in United Arab Emirates in 2024. The value for 2024 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 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 70.1% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −1.6percentage points 2023: 71.6%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as United Arab Emirates (2024).

Fossil electricity share in United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab EmiratesWorld
2024 70.1% –
2023 71.6% 48.7%
2022 81.8% 60.7%
2021 89.0% 61.5%
2020 94.9% 61.4%
2019 97.4% 62.9%
2018 99.1% 64.1%
2017 99.4% 64.7%
2016 99.8% 65.3%
2015 99.8% 66.1%
2014 99.7% 66.7%
2013 99.9% 67.1%
2012 100.0% 67.7%
2011 100.0% 67.8%
2010 100.0% 66.9%
2009 100.0% 66.6%
2008 100.0% 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 100.0% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 71.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.7%, the figure has changed by −29.7 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 2024 for United Arab Emirates
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