Environment
Fossil electricity
EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, United States, China, Lithuania, Denmark. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Germany
- 43.2%2023
- Period covered
- 1990 - 202334 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 64.4%China, 2023
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 11.16%Denmark, 2023
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
China64.4%2023
United States59.3%2023
Italy54.23%2023
Germany43.2%2023
United Kingdom37.06%2023
Spain27.29%2023
Lithuania13.35%2023
Denmark11.16%2023
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | United States | China | Lithuania | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.2% | 37.06% | 54.23% | 27.29% | 59.3% | 64.4% | 13.35% | 11.16% |
| 2022 | 48.08% | 41.59% | 62.86% | 35.99% | 59.98% | 64.8% | 18.61% | 16.44% |
| 2021 | 46.63% | 43.13% | 58.01% | 31.92% | 60.85% | 66.25% | 25.92% | 18.63% |
| 2020 | 42.52% | 38.73% | 56.6% | 32.88% | 60.41% | 66.63% | 33.01% | 15.69% |
| 2019 | 45.7% | 43.76% | 58.9% | 40.46% | 62.51% | 67.94% | 14.86% | 19.16% |
| 2018 | 51.15% | 45.39% | 58.86% | 40.52% | 63.61% | 69.58% | 13.13% | 29.32% |
| 2017 | 52.94% | 47.9% | 63.2% | 45.75% | 62.79% | 70.9% | 17.58% | 27.4% |
| 2016 | 55.55% | 52.39% | 60.97% | 39.01% | 64.94% | 71.33% | 28.29% | 37.47% |
| 2015 | 54.44% | 52.95% | 59.94% | 43.58% | 66.77% | 72.84% | 45.69% | 31.96% |
| 2014 | 56.2% | 60.54% | 55.15% | 38.27% | 67.13% | 75.14% | 43.46% | 41.87% |
| 2013 | 58.7% | 64.14% | 59.64% | 39.43% | 67.52% | 77.27% | 50.92% | 51.98% |
| 2012 | 59.1% | 67.98% | 67.52% | 48.6% | 68.55% | 77.71% | 61.85% | 49.3% |
| 2011 | 59.82% | 70.45% | 70.91% | 49.46% | 68.06% | 80.99% | 59.66% | 57.54% |
| 2010 | 58.84% | 75.72% | 72.46% | 45.68% | 69.89% | 79.2% | 66.67% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | 59.09% | 73.5% | 74.05% | 55.64% | 69.07% | 80.25% | 18.47% | 70.16% |
| 2008 | 60.1% | 79.38% | 79.2% | 60.17% | 70.98% | 80.29% | 18.64% | 70.09% |
| 2007 | 62.04% | 77.7% | 82.13% | 61.43% | 71.54% | 82.84% | 20.17% | 71.77% |
| 2006 | 60.32% | 74.88% | 80.99% | 60.9% | 70.9% | 82.49% | 22.38% | 78.02% |
| 2005 | 61.58% | 73.88% | 80.94% | 62.63% | 71.68% | 81.7% | 23.12% | 70.68% |
| 2004 | 61.99% | 74.88% | 78.97% | 57.01% | 70.93% | 81.49% | 15.83% | 74.83% |
| 2003 | 63.79% | 73.66% | 80.78% | 53.44% | 70.82% | 82.7% | 14.6% | 81.02% |
| 2002 | 62.29% | 73.02% | 79.8% | 58.56% | 70.55% | 80.86% | 14.99% | 81.1% |
| 2001 | 62.22% | 72.82% | 77.41% | 50.72% | 71.7% | 79.86% | 17.67% | 82.9% |
| 2000 | 62.69% | 73.94% | 78.72% | 55.07% | 71.12% | 82.13% | 19.88% | 82.89% |
| 1999 | 62.75% | 70.61% | 77.76% | 57.11% | 70.21% | 82.11% | 20.33% | 87.41% |
| 1998 | 64.55% | 69.58% | 79.3% | 49.63% | 70.8% | 80.73% | 17.75% | 89.41% |
| 1997 | 63.28% | 69.47% | 79.28% | 50.55% | 70.04% | 81.22% | 13.62% | 92.44% |
| 1996 | 64.58% | 70.84% | 78.8% | 43.19% | 68% | 81.12% | 11.55% | 95.42% |
| 1995 | 64.87% | 70.72% | 80.9% | 51.14% | 68.36% | 79.51% | 9.32% | 94.17% |
| 1994 | 65.37% | 70.27% | 77.67% | 47.17% | 69.83% | 80.32% | 15.72% | 95.13% |
| 1993 | 65.45% | 70.08% | 78.13% | 47.27% | 69.74% | 81.68% | 8.95% | 94.73% |
| 1992 | 65.3% | 73.52% | 78.01% | 51.15% | 69.12% | 82.42% | 19.15% | 95.23% |
| 1991 | 68.15% | 76% | 77.9% | 45.72% | 68.42% | 81.53% | 40.84% | 96.93% |
| 1990 | 67.73% | 76.97% | 82.27% | 46.59% | 68.72% | 79.59% | 38.44% | 96.74% |
World Bank definition
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)
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.
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