Share of primary energy from gas in Singapore
Singapore: Share of primary energy from gas was 13.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary energy from gas in Singapore, 1992–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of primary energy from gas in Singapore stood at 13.0%.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary energy from gas in Singapore peaked at 14.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 1998.
Singapore ranks 60th of 77 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of primary energy from gas in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.5% | — |
| 1993 | 4.4% | +24.8% |
| 1994 | 3.8% | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 3.7% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 3.6% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 3.5% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 3.4% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 3.7% | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | +132.5% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 12.1% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 11.4% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 13.6% | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | -17.4% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 11.7% | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 12.4% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 12.3% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 12.6% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 14.4% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 14.3% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 12.7% | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 12.9% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 13.0% | +0.9% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 13.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 24.7%, 53% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 13.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16.3%, 80% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of primary energy from gas in Singapore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +132.5% | 3.7% | 8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 10.8% | 3.7% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 9.8% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.5% | 12.7% | 14.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More energy & mining data for Singapore
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.1889 % 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 0.0002 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 19.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary energy from gas in Singapore?
- Share of primary energy from gas in Singapore was 13.0% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary energy from gas recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of primary energy from gas recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 1998.
- How does Singapore rank for share of primary energy from gas?
- Singapore ranks 60th out of 77 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary energy from gas rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary energy from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.