Jordan's electricity production from oil sources (% of total) was 3.5% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 89.06 percentage points from 92.55% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.5% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 4.42% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 92.55% | 2014 |
| Highest | 92.55% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 3.5% | 2024 |
| Average since 2015 | 10.51% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 87.77% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Jordan's electricity production from oil sources (% of total) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.77% to 3.5%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −2.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 44.19 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 41.96 percentage points in 2015. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 3.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% 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
In 2024, Jordan had the 48th highest value of the 98 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 3.5% | 2024 |
| World | 1.22% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 2.43% | 2025 |
Closest to Jordan in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
The share of electricity production from oil sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Data on access to electricity are collected by the IEA from industry, national surveys, and international sources.
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 sources (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 3.77 |
| 2022 | 3.82 |
| 2021 | 4.42 |
| 2020 | 3.99 |
| 2019 | 4.42 |
| 2018 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 13.38 |
| 2016 | 11.01 |
| 2015 | 50.6 |
| 2014 |
Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 21.77% (2021)
- Algeria — 0.27% (2024)
- Bahrain — 0.00256% (2024)
- Djibouti — 64.65% (2021)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 10.04% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 14.29% (2024)
- Iraq — 45.14% (2024)
- Israel — 0.6% (2025)
- Kuwait — 37.25% (2024)
- Lebanon
More environment data for Jordan
- Population in largest city — 2.27 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 21.17% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 2.27 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 19.73% (2025)
- Rural population — 782,426 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 6.79% (2025)
- Urban population — 10.74 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 93.21% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 2,684 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jordan's electricity production from oil sources (% of total)?
- 3.5% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 84.27 percentage points from 87.77% in 1990. The highest value was 92.55% in 2014 and the lowest 3.5% in 2024.
- How does Jordan rank?
- 48th highest of 98 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from oil sources (% of total) unusual for Jordan?
- In 2024, Jordan's electricity production from oil sources (% of total) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.77% to 3.5%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −2.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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.PETR.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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