Share of electricity production by source in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of electricity production by source was 85.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity production by source in Mongolia, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 85.8% for share of electricity production by source in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity production by source in Mongolia peaked at 98.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 84.3%, in 2021.
Mongolia ranks 2nd of 210 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity production by source in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 98.3% | — |
| 2001 | 98.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 97.7% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 97.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 97.3% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 97.2% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 95.7% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 95.8% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 95.5% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 94.7% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 93.4% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 93.6% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 92.2% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 91.6% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 91.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 92.2% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 91.2% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 88.7% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 84.7% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 84.5% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 84.3% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 85.8% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 85.2% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 84.7% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 85.8% | +1.3% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 85.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 10366.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 85.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11.7%, 7.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.0% | 95.5% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.4% | 84.7% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.0% | 84.3% | 85.8% | 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 production by source in Mongolia?
- Share of electricity production by source in Mongolia was 85.8% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity production by source recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of electricity production by source recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.3% in 2021.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of electricity production by source?
- Mongolia ranks 2nd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity production by source rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 production by source. 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.