Share of electricity generation from oil in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of electricity generation from oil was 5.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from oil in Mongolia, 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 oil in Mongolia is 5.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 9.0% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from oil in Mongolia peaked at 6.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 103rd of 213 countries on this measure, 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 oil in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.7% | — |
| 2001 | 2.0% | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +21.9% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | +52.2% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | +38.6% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | +29.2% |
| 2024 | 6.5% | +14.0% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | -9.0% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 5.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.9%, 1.5× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 5.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.6%, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 1.7% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.4% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More energy & mining data for Mongolia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 5.72 % 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 0.0002 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 (2024)
- Fuel imports 22.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from oil in Mongolia?
- Share of electricity generation from oil in Mongolia was 5.9% 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 oil recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from oil recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of electricity generation from oil?
- Mongolia ranks 103rd out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from oil rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.