Fossil electricity share in World
Oil, gas and coal produced 48.7% of electricity in the world in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
48.7%
Change from 2022
−12.1percentage points
European Union, 2023
30.9%
Fossil electricity share in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 48.7% | 30.9% |
| 2022 | 60.7% | 38.0% |
| 2021 | 61.5% | 36.1% |
| 2020 | 61.4% | 35.6% |
| 2019 | 62.9% | 38.2% |
| 2018 | 64.1% | 40.3% |
| 2017 | 64.7% | 42.9% |
| 2016 | 65.3% | 42.1% |
| 2015 | 66.1% | 41.6% |
| 2014 | 66.7% | 40.5% |
| 2013 | 67.1% | 43.0% |
| 2012 | 67.7% | 45.8% |
| 2011 | 67.8% | 47.9% |
| 2010 | 66.9% | 47.8% |
| 2009 | 66.6% | 49.3% |
| 2008 | 67.3% | 50.8% |
| 2007 | 67.7% | 52.5% |
| 2006 | 66.5% | 51.8% |
| 2005 | 66.1% | 51.6% |
| 2004 | 65.8% | 51.2% |
| 2003 | 66.1% | 52.5% |
| 2002 | 64.9% | 51.4% |
| 2001 | 64.4% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −12.1 percentage points from 60.7% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 67.1%, the figure has changed by −18.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 30.9%.