Share of electricity generation from gas in Singapore
Singapore: Share of electricity generation from gas was 91.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from gas in Singapore, 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 gas in Singapore is 91.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from gas in Singapore peaked at 95.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 2000.
That places Singapore 8th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from gas in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.5% | — |
| 2001 | 47.8% | +158.5% |
| 2002 | 53.9% | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 60.7% | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 68.8% | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 74.4% | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 77.8% | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 78.7% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 80.3% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 80.6% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 77.2% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 78.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 84.3% | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 91.8% | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 95.4% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 95.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 95.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 95.1% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 95.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 95.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 94.9% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 92.3% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 92.6% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 92.1% | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 91.1% | -1.1% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 91.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 14.3%, 6.4× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 91.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.2%, 28.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation 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 | +158.5% | 18.5% | 47.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.1% | 18.5% | 80.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.3% | 77.2% | 95.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.1% | 91.1% | 95.8% | 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 electricity generation from gas in Singapore?
- Share of electricity generation from gas in Singapore was 91.1% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 95.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 2000.
- How does Singapore rank for share of electricity generation from gas?
- Singapore ranks 8th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.