Share of electricity production by source in Philippines
Philippines: Share of electricity production by source was 58.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity production by source in Philippines, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 58.7% for share of electricity production by source in 2025.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity production by source in Philippines peaked at 63.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25.9%, in 2008.
Philippines ranks 8th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity production by source in Philippines, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36.8% | — |
| 2001 | 39.9% | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 33.3% | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 28.2% | -15.2% |
| 2004 | 28.9% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 26.9% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 25.9% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 26.6% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 34.4% | +29.3% |
| 2011 | 36.6% | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 38.8% | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 42.6% | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 42.8% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 44.5% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 47.7% | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 49.7% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 52.1% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 54.6% | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 57.2% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 58.7% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 59.6% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 63.2% | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 63.9% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 58.7% | -8.2% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 58.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 7091.6× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 58.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11.7%, 5.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity production by source in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +29.3% | 26.6% | 34.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.2% | 25.9% | 39.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 34.4% | 54.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.2% | 57.2% | 63.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More energy & mining data for Philippines
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -2.03 % 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 (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 15.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity production by source in Philippines?
- Share of electricity production by source in Philippines was 58.7% 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 63.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of electricity production by source recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.9% in 2008.
- How does Philippines rank for share of electricity production by source?
- Philippines ranks 8th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity production by source rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.