Gas share of electricity — all countries

Gas share of electricity — G20

Gas share of electricity in the G20 in 2024 — 31.22%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.03 pp.

2024 31.22% +12.76 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 31.22%2024
Period minimum 16.19%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Gas share of electricity — G20, 2000–202415202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 16.19%2001: 16.76%2002: 17.09%2003: 16.98%2004: 17.23%2005: 17.22%2006: 17.59%2007: 18.25%2008: 18.23%2009: 18.39%2010: 18.77%2011: 18.89%2012: 19.48%2013: 18.53%2014: 18.19%2015: 19.26%2016: 19.78%2017: 19.17%2018: 19.25%2019: 19.36%2020: 19.4%2021: 18.84%2022: 18.56%2023: 18.46%2024: 31.22%
Change over the period: +15.03 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 31.22%
World 28.92%
Gas share of electricity — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.22 +12.76 pp
2023 18.46 −0.1 pp
2022 18.56 −0.27 pp
2021 18.84 −0.57 pp
2020 19.4 +0.05 pp
2019 19.36 +0.11 pp
2018 19.25 +0.07 pp
2017 19.17 −0.61 pp
2016 19.78 +0.52 pp
2015 19.26 +1.07 pp
2014 18.19 −0.34 pp
2013 18.53 −0.95 pp
2012 19.48 +0.59 pp
2011 18.89 +0.11 pp
2010 18.77 +0.39 pp
2009 18.39 +0.15 pp
2008 18.23 −0.02 pp
2007 18.25 +0.67 pp
2006 17.59 +0.37 pp
2005 17.22 −0.01 pp
2004 17.23 +0.25 pp
2003 16.98 −0.11 pp
2002 17.09 +0.33 pp
2001 16.76 +0.57 pp
2000 16.19

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated from natural gas. Gas generation holds a particular place in the power system: it emits half as much per kilowatt-hour as coal generation and, unlike sun and wind, switches on when called — which is why it is described both as a transition fuel and as a backup for renewables. The largest shares are in countries with production of their own and in those that replaced coal with gas.

Important: Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours, as with the other generation shares, and are computed from 2000 onward — there is no weight series before that.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.