Fossil electricity share in Viet Nam

Oil, gas and coal produced 55.1% of electricity in Viet Nam in 2024.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Viet Nam, 2024 55.1% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 54.7%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Viet Nam (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Viet Nam 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 Viet NamWorld
2024 55.1% –
2023 54.7% 48.7%
2022 48.1% 60.7%
2021 55.9% 61.5%
2020 64.7% 61.4%
2019 69.1% 62.9%
2018 60.8% 64.1%
2017 55.2% 64.7%
2016 63.7% 65.3%
2015 65.2% 66.1%
2014 56.6% 66.7%
2013 56.8% 67.1%
2012 55.0% 67.7%
2011 60.5% 67.8%
2010 70.9% 66.9%
2009 63.9% 66.6%
2008 64.5% 67.3%
2007 65.5% 67.7%
2006 66.2% 66.5%
2005 68.3% 66.1%
2004 61.4% 65.8%
2003 53.6% 66.1%
2002 49.2% 64.9%
2001 40.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 54.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 56.6%, the figure has changed by −1.5 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 Viet Nam
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