Electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Electricity production from natural gas sources was 19.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) is 19.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.8% on the previous year and down 46.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 36.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 19.4%, in 2024.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 24.9% | — |
| 1991 | 24.9% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 25.5% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 24.9% | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 24.5% | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 24.3% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 24.4% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 25.7% | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 25.5% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 27.7% | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 30.2% | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 32.1% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 31.8% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 32.6% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 33.2% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 32.7% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 33.5% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 34.3% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 33.1% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 32.1% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 33.2% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 33.0% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 36.4% | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 33.6% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 31.7% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 33.8% | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 32.1% | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 28.3% | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 30.7% | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 33.9% | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 32.2% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 31.3% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 19.4% | -37.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -37.8% | 31.3% | 19.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.2% | 24.3% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 30.2% | 34.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.7% | 28.3% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.5% | 19.4% | 33.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- 25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 68.3% compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 67.6% compare
- 27 Bangladesh 65.8% compare
- 28 Belarus 64.7% compare
- 29 Hong Kong, China 64.3% compare
- 30 Thailand 64.2% compare
- 31 Congo 63.6% compare
More energy & mining data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Fuel imports 9.1% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 5.3% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 6.8% (2024)
- Fuel exports 18.4% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 8.3% (2024)
- Mineral rents 2.7% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 1.3% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 6.9% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 15.7% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 3,152 kWh per capita (2023)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 19.4% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from natural gas sources recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest electricity production from natural gas sources recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.4% in 2024.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for electricity production from natural gas sources?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from natural gas sources rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.