Share of electricity generation from gas in Moldova
Moldova: Share of electricity generation from gas was 85.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity generation from gas in Moldova, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 85.2% for share of electricity generation from gas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from gas in Moldova peaked at 95.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 85.2%, in 2025.
That places Moldova 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from gas in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 92.3% | — |
| 2001 | 93.3% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 93.4% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 93.4% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 93.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 93.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 93.8% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 94.0% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 93.5% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 93.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 93.0% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 93.6% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 95.0% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 92.7% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 93.7% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 95.4% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 95.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 93.3% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 93.9% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 93.5% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 94.2% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 92.8% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 86.9% | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 85.7% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 85.7% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 85.2% | -0.5% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 85.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13.6%, 6.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 85.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.4%, 5.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.5% | 92.3% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.0% | 92.7% | 95.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.4% | 85.2% | 94.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More energy & mining data for Moldova
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- 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 (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from gas in Moldova?
- Share of electricity generation from gas in Moldova was 85.2% 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 gas recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.2% in 2025.
- How does Moldova rank for share of electricity generation from gas?
- Moldova ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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 gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.