Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan
Pakistan: Share of electricity generation from bioenergy was 0.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan is 0.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 17.7% on the previous year and down 55.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan peaked at 1.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
That places Pakistan 88th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 1.5% | — |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -24.2% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -24.4% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | +38.2% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -29.1% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | -17.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +38.2% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More energy & mining data for Pakistan
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.12 % 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)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 31.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan?
- Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Pakistan was 0.9% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Pakistan rank for share of electricity generation from bioenergy?
- Pakistan ranks 88th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from bioenergy rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from bioenergy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.