Share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia
Czechia: Share of electricity generation from oil was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 0.2% for share of electricity generation from oil in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 69.1% on the previous year and down 93.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia peaked at 4.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2025.
That places Czechia 182nd out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.8% | — |
| 1991 | 1.8% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 1.9% | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | -23.8% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | +20.8% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 3.5% | +90.7% |
| 1997 | 4.1% | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 4.4% | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 4.0% | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 3.6% | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 3.7% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -58.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -17.4% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | -69.1% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.6%, 6% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.8%, 12% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +90.7% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 1.4% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 2.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More energy & mining data for Czechia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.85 % 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 5.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia?
- Share of electricity generation from oil in Czechia was 0.2% 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 oil recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from oil recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2025.
- How does Czechia rank for share of electricity generation from oil?
- Czechia ranks 182nd out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from oil rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 93.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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 oil. 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.