Pakistan's electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) was 30.62% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.12 percentage points from 26.5% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30.62% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 34.42% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 26.5% | 2014 |
| Highest | 50.77% | 2004 |
| Lowest | 25.03% | 1997 |
| Average since 2015 | 33.59% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 33.63% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Pakistan's electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2023 (from 29.86% to 30.62%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.49 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 12.84 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.26 percentage points in 2019. 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 22% 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, Pakistan had the 46th highest value of the 74 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 30.62% | 2024 |
| World | 28.67% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 16.47% | 2024 |
Closest to Pakistan in the 2024 ranking
- Peru — 42nd of 74: 38.78%
- Armenia — 43rd of 74: 37.47%
- Malaysia — 44th of 74: 36.16%
- Kazakhstan — 46th of 74: 29.29%
- El Salvador — 47th of 74: 25.05%
- Croatia — 48th of 74: 21.11%
What this measures
The share of electricity production from natural gas sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
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.
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 natural gas sources (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.62 |
| 2023 | 29.86 |
| 2022 | 28.4 |
| 2021 | 30.46 |
| 2020 | 34.97 |
| 2019 | 34.42 |
| 2018 | 44.68 |
| 2017 | 37.47 |
| 2016 | 33.55 |
| 2015 | 31.45 |
| 2014 |
Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 0% (2021)
- Algeria — 98.98% (2024)
- Bahrain — 99.67% (2024)
- Djibouti — 0% (2021)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 76.86% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 79.15% (2024)
- Iraq — 52.65% (2024)
- Israel — 74.84% (2025)
- Jordan — 60.01% (2024)
More environment data for Pakistan
- Population in largest city — 18.08 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 17.92% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 51.25 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 20.08% (2025)
- Rural population — 154.34 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 60.47% (2025)
- Urban population — 100.88 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 39.53% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 174,338 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Pakistan's electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)?
- 30.62% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 3.01 percentage points from 33.63% in 1990. The highest value was 50.77% in 2004 and the lowest 25.03% in 1997.
- How does Pakistan rank?
- 46th highest of 74 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) unusual for Pakistan?
- In 2024, Pakistan's electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2023 (from 29.86% to 30.62%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.49 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.NGAS.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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