Fossil electricity share in United Kingdom
Oil, gas and coal produced 32.2% of electricity in United Kingdom in 2025.
United Kingdom, 2025
32.2%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
24.6%
Fossil electricity share in United Kingdom 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.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.2% | – |
| 2024 | 32.0% | – |
| 2023 | 36.8% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 41.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 43.1% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 38.7% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 43.8% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 45.4% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 47.9% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 52.4% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 52.9% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 60.5% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 64.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 68.0% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 70.4% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 75.7% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 73.5% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 79.4% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 77.7% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 74.9% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 73.9% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 74.9% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 73.7% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 73.0% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 72.8% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 32.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 52.9%, the figure has changed by −20.7 percentage points.
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