Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD): Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD)'s electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) fell 38.64 percentage points on 2022 (from 62.47% to 23.83%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 35.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.67 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 38.64 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.71 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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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 34 values

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 21.77% (2021)
• Algeria — 99.25% (2024)
• Bahrain — 99.68% (2024)
• Djibouti — 64.65% (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 86.9% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 93.62% (2024)
• Iraq — 97.79% (2024)
• Israel — 84.75% (2025)
• Jordan

More environment data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD)

• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 17.42% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 21.97% (2025)
• Rural population — 142.68 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 30.85% (2025)
• Urban population — 319.88 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 69.15% (2025)
• Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) — 86.95% (2024)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD)'s electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)?

23.83% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 51.95 percentage points from 75.78% in 1990. The highest value was 75.78% in 1990 and the lowest 23.83% in 2023.

Is the latest change in electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) unusual for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD)?

In 2023, Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD)'s electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) fell 38.64 percentage points on 2022 (from 62.47% to 23.83%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 35.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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