Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Greece
Greece: Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) was 8.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from oil sources in Greece, 1990–2025
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Greece recorded 8.3% for electricity production from oil sources in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil sources in Greece peaked at 24.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2025.
That places Greece 93rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 22.1% | — |
| 1991 | 24.7% | +11.6% |
| 1992 | 21.9% | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 20.4% | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 19.7% | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 21.3% | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 20.0% | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 19.1% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 17.4% | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 16.4% | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 16.5% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 15.8% | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 14.9% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 14.1% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 15.3% | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 15.8% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 15.2% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 15.7% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | -15.3% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 11.0% | +15.9% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 9.7% | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | -10.1% |
| 2025 | 8.3% | -1.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 8.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.2%, 6.8× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Greece's 8.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 19.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.3% | 16.4% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.2% | 12.5% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 9.5% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More energy & mining data for Greece
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.5361 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 20.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from oil sources in Greece?
- Electricity production from oil sources in Greece was 8.3% in 2025, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil sources recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil sources recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2025.
- How does Greece rank for electricity production from oil sources?
- Greece ranks 93rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity production from oil sources rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from oil sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
The share of electricity production from oil sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.