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Where the World’s Electricity Comes From
Share of global electricity generation by source, yearly, %
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Source: Ember (CC BY 4.0). Shares of electricity generated, not consumed. Other fossil is mostly oil. Hydro, bioenergy and other renewables is Ember’s own grouping; wind and solar are split by country on the solar and wind chart.
The world’s power supply, layer by layer. Fossil fuels still make most of it, but the wind-and-solar band at the top has grown from a sliver into one of the largest layers, taking share from coal and gas.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- World · Coal Share of Electricity Generationas “Coal”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Gas Share of Electricity Generationas “Gas”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Other Fossil Fuels Share of Electricity Generationas “Other fossil”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Nuclear Share of Electricity Generationas “Nuclear”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Hydro, Bioenergy and Other Renewables Share of Electricity Generationas “Hydro, bioenergy and other renewables”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generationas “Wind and solar”latest 2025-12-31
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World · Coal Share of Electricity Generation. Source: Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Ember compiles national statistics, EIA, Eurostat, the UN and other primary sources into one consistent dataset and fills recent periods from monthly data. Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run, because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.
World · Gas Share of Electricity Generation. Source: Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Ember compiles national statistics, EIA, Eurostat, the UN and other primary sources into one consistent dataset and fills recent periods from monthly data. Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run, because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.
World · Other Fossil Fuels Share of Electricity Generation. Source: Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Ember compiles national statistics, EIA, Eurostat, the UN and other primary sources into one consistent dataset and fills recent periods from monthly data. Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run, because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.
World · Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation. Source: Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Ember compiles national statistics, EIA, Eurostat, the UN and other primary sources into one consistent dataset and fills recent periods from monthly data. Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run, because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.
World · Hydro, Bioenergy and Other Renewables Share of Electricity Generation. Source: Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Ember compiles national statistics, EIA, Eurostat, the UN and other primary sources into one consistent dataset and fills recent periods from monthly data. Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run, because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.
World · Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation. Source: Ember, electricity data (ember-energy.org/data), CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Ember (CC BY 4.0)". Ember compiles national statistics, EIA, Eurostat, the UN and other primary sources into one consistent dataset and fills recent periods from monthly data. Palanor re-reads Ember's public CSV on every run, because Ember revises back data as official statistics land.
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