Croatia's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) was 26.5% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.69 percentage points from 25.82% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26.5% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 33.75% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 25.82% | 2014 |
| Highest | 61.39% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 25.82% | 2014 |
| Average since 2015 | 32.38% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 55.61% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Croatia's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) fell 3.29 percentage points on 2023 (from 29.79% to 26.5%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.75 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 15.62 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.15 percentage points in 1991. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Croatia had the 90th highest value of the 107 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 26.5% | 2024 |
| World | 48.67% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 25.43% | 2023 |
| High income | 39.24% | 2023 |
Closest to Croatia in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 35 values
| Year | Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 26.5 |
| 2023 | 29.79 |
| 2022 | 36.24 |
| 2021 | 30.11 |
| 2020 | 35.01 |
| 2019 | 33.75 |
| 2018 | 27.62 |
| 2017 | 38.95 |
| 2016 | 33.16 |
| 2015 | 32.69 |
| 2014 |
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in nearby economies
- Albania — 0% (2021)
- Andorra — 6.66% (2021)
- Armenia — 37.47% (2024)
- Austria — 16.5% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 86.46% (2024)
- Belarus — 61.36% (2024)
- Belgium — 24.73% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 61.56% (2024)
- Bulgaria
More environment data for Croatia
- Population in largest city — 684,359 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 30.54% (2025)
- Rural population — 1.64 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 42.19% (2025)
- Urban population — 2.24 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 57.81% (2025)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.45% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — 0.78% (2025)
- Agricultural land (sq. km) — 14,670 (2024)
- Surface area (sq. km) — 88,070 (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Croatia's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)?
- 26.5% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 29.11 percentage points from 55.61% in 1990. The highest value was 61.39% in 2007 and the lowest 25.82% in 2014.
- How does Croatia rank?
- 90th highest of 107 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) unusual for Croatia?
- In 2024, Croatia's electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) fell 3.29 percentage points on 2023 (from 29.79% to 26.5%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.75 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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