Fossil electricity share in Venezuela

Oil, gas and coal produced 9.6% of electricity in Venezuela in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Venezuela, 2024 9.6% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 10.0%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Venezuela (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Venezuela 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 VenezuelaWorld
2024 9.6% –
2023 10.0% 48.7%
2022 9.7% 60.7%
2021 11.3% 61.5%
2020 9.2% 61.4%
2019 16.7% 62.9%
2018 28.9% 64.1%
2017 40.4% 64.7%
2016 37.7% 65.3%
2015 34.6% 66.1%
2014 38.0% 66.7%
2013 32.4% 67.1%
2012 32.8% 67.7%
2011 29.3% 67.8%
2010 32.8% 66.9%
2009 28.3% 66.6%
2008 27.2% 67.3%
2007 27.3% 67.7%
2006 26.1% 66.5%
2005 26.7% 66.1%
2004 29.1% 65.8%
2003 34.2% 66.1%
2002 35.2% 64.9%
2001 32.9% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 10.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 38.0%, the figure has changed by −28.3 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 Venezuela
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