Fossil electricity share in United States
Oil, gas and coal produced 57.6% of electricity in United States in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
United States, 2025
57.6%
Change from 2024
−0.8percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
24.6%
Fossil electricity share in United States 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 States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.6% | – |
| 2024 | 58.3% | – |
| 2023 | 59.3% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 60.0% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 60.8% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 60.4% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 62.5% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 63.6% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 62.8% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 64.9% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 66.8% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 67.1% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 67.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 68.5% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 68.1% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 69.9% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 69.1% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 71.0% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 71.5% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 70.9% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 71.7% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 70.9% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 70.8% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 70.6% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 71.7% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 58.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 66.8%, the figure has changed by −9.2 percentage points.