Fossil electricity share in Vanuatu

Oil, gas and coal produced 74.8% of electricity in Vanuatu in 2021.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2021 74.8% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 +3.3percentage points 2020: 71.6%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 97th of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 74.8% 61.5%
2020 71.6% 61.4%
2019 72.7% 62.9%
2018 76.6% 64.1%
2017 79.3% 64.7%
2016 79.0% 65.3%
2015 70.2% 66.1%
2014 74.5% 66.7%
2013 66.2% 67.1%
2012 77.1% 67.7%
2011 83.7% 67.8%
2010 82.2% 66.9%
2009 86.7% 66.6%
2008 96.3% 67.3%
2007 98.2% 67.7%
2006 98.2% 66.5%
2005 98.2% 66.1%
2004 98.2% 65.8%
2003 98.2% 66.1%
2002 98.2% 64.9%
2001 98.2% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.3 percentage points from 71.6% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 83.7%, the figure has changed by −8.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Vanuatu has the 97th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.

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
2000 to 2021 for Vanuatu
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