Fossil share of electricity · World
Published Our World in Data series · Energy · OWID.fossil_share_elec
57.39 % · 2025
Latest available observation in the connected snapshot. Annual statistics do not change every second. Source revisions and reporting delays can affect these figures.
Reported history
| Year | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.39 | % |
| 2024 | 59.09 | % |
| 2023 | 60.58 | % |
| 2022 | 61.4 | % |
| 2021 | 62.12 | % |
| 2020 | 62.1 | % |
| 2019 | 63.66 | % |
| 2018 | 64.86 | % |
| 2017 | 65.34 | % |
| 2016 | 65.86 | % |
| 2015 | 66.48 | % |
| 2014 | 67.22 | % |
Source & interpretation
Our World in Data: original dataset and methodology ↗
Values are displayed in %. Source totals are divided by 1 for this display. This page describes the world aggregate; it is not a national estimate.
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