Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan
Taiwan: Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables was 0.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0.8%
Change on year
down 73.1%
World rank
31st
of 216 countries
All-time high
22.3%
in 1985
All-time low
0.0%
in 1965
Years of data
61
1965–2025
Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan, 1965–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan stood at 0.8%.
The figure is down 73.1% on the previous year and down 90.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan peaked at 22.3% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1965.
Taiwan ranks 31st of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0% | — |
| 1966 | 0.0% | — |
| 1967 | 0.0% | — |
| 1968 | 0.0% | — |
| 1969 | 0.0% | — |
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 0.0% | — |
| 1974 | 0.0% | — |
| 1975 | 0.0% | — |
| 1976 | 0.0% | — |
| 1977 | 0.1% | — |
| 1978 | 3.0% | +2182.3% |
| 1979 | 6.6% | +121.7% |
| 1980 | 8.0% | +21.3% |
| 1981 | 11.3% | +40.6% |
| 1982 | 12.4% | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 16.0% | +29.5% |
| 1984 | 19.8% | +23.9% |
| 1985 | 22.3% | +12.3% |
| 1986 | 19.2% | -13.8% |
| 1987 | 21.6% | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 18.1% | -16.5% |
| 1989 | 15.7% | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 17.2% | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 17.3% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 15.8% | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 15.0% | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 14.4% | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 13.7% | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 14.1% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 12.8% | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 12.3% | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 11.4% | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 10.2% | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 10.3% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 10.0% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 9.9% | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 9.7% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | -29.0% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | +22.7% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -16.6% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 3.1% | -30.4% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | -73.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +2182.3% | 0.1% | 3.0% |
| 1979 | +121.7% | 3.0% | 6.6% |
| 2025 | -73.1% | 3.1% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.0% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.4% | 8.0% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 12.1% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.2% | 9.5% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 5.1% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 0.8% | 7.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
- 28 India 1.5% compare
- 29 Mexico 1.4% compare
- 30 Netherlands 1.4% compare
- 32 Iran 0.4% compare
- 33 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 33 Albania 0.0%
- 33 Algeria 0.0%
- 33 American Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Angola 0.0%
- 33 Antarctica 0.0%
- 33 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 33 Aruba 0.0%
- 33 Australia 0.0%
- 33 Austria 0.0%
- 33 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 33 Bahamas 0.0%
- 33 Bahrain 0.0%
- 33 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 33 Barbados 0.0%
- 33 Belize 0.0%
- 33 Benin 0.0%
- 33 Bermuda 0.0%
- 33 Bhutan 0.0%
- 33 Bolivia 0.0%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 33 Botswana 0.0%
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Brunei 0.0%
- 33 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 33 Burundi 0.0%
- 33 Cambodia 0.0%
- 33 Cameroon 0.0%
- 33 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 33 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 33 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 33 Chad 0.0%
- 33 Chile 0.0%
- 33 Colombia 0.0%
- 33 Comoros 0.0%
- 33 Congo 0.0%
- 33 Cook Islands 0.0%
- 33 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 33 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0%
- 33 Croatia 0.0%
- 33 Cuba 0.0%
- 33 Cyprus 0.0%
- 33 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0%
- 33 Denmark 0.0%
- 33 Djibouti 0.0%
- 33 Dominica 0.0%
- 33 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 33 East Timor 0.0%
- 33 Ecuador 0.0%
- 33 Egypt 0.0%
- 33 El Salvador 0.0%
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Eritrea 0.0%
- 33 Estonia 0.0%
- 33 Eswatini 0.0%
- 33 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 33 Falkland Islands 0.0%
- 33 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 33 Fiji 0.0%
- 33 French Guiana 0.0%
- 33 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 33 Gabon 0.0%
- 33 Gambia 0.0%
- 33 Georgia 0.0%
- 33 Germany 0.0% compare
- 33 Ghana 0.0%
- 33 Greece 0.0%
- 33 Greenland 0.0%
- 33 Grenada 0.0%
- 33 Guadeloupe 0.0%
- 33 Guam 0.0%
- 33 Guatemala 0.0%
- 33 Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 33 Guyana 0.0%
- 33 Haiti 0.0%
- 33 Honduras 0.0%
- 33 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 33 Iceland 0.0%
- 33 Indonesia 0.0%
- 33 Iraq 0.0%
- 33 Ireland 0.0%
- 33 Israel 0.0%
- 33 Italy 0.0% compare
- 33 Jamaica 0.0%
- 33 Jordan 0.0%
- 33 Kazakhstan 0.0% compare
- 33 Kenya 0.0%
- 33 Kiribati 0.0%
- 33 Kuwait 0.0%
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 33 Laos 0.0%
- 33 Latvia 0.0%
- 33 Lebanon 0.0%
- 33 Lesotho 0.0%
- 33 Liberia 0.0%
- 33 Libya 0.0%
- 33 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 33 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 33 Macao 0.0%
- 33 Madagascar 0.0%
- 33 Malawi 0.0%
- 33 Malaysia 0.0%
- 33 Maldives 0.0%
- 33 Mali 0.0%
- 33 Malta 0.0%
- 33 Martinique 0.0%
- 33 Mauritania 0.0%
- 33 Mauritius 0.0%
- 33 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 33 Moldova 0.0%
- 33 Mongolia 0.0%
- 33 Montenegro 0.0%
- 33 Montserrat 0.0%
- 33 Morocco 0.0%
- 33 Mozambique 0.0%
- 33 Myanmar 0.0%
- 33 Namibia 0.0%
- 33 Nauru 0.0%
- 33 Nepal 0.0%
- 33 Netherlands Antilles 0.0%
- 33 New Caledonia 0.0%
- 33 New Zealand 0.0%
- 33 Nicaragua 0.0%
- 33 Niger 0.0%
- 33 Nigeria 0.0%
- 33 Niue 0.0%
- 33 North Korea 0.0%
- 33 North Macedonia 0.0%
- 33 Norway 0.0%
- 33 Oman 0.0%
- 33 Palestine 0.0%
- 33 Panama 0.0%
- 33 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Paraguay 0.0%
- 33 Peru 0.0%
- 33 Philippines 0.0%
- 33 Poland 0.0%
- 33 Portugal 0.0%
- 33 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 33 Qatar 0.0%
- 33 Reunion 0.0%
- 33 Rwanda 0.0%
- 33 Saint Helena 0.0%
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 33 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 33 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0%
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 33 Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 33 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 33 Senegal 0.0%
- 33 Serbia 0.0%
- 33 Seychelles 0.0%
- 33 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 33 Singapore 0.0%
- 33 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 33 Somalia 0.0%
- 33 South Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 33 Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Suriname 0.0%
- 33 Syria 0.0%
- 33 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 33 Tanzania 0.0%
- 33 Thailand 0.0%
- 33 Togo 0.0%
- 33 Tonga 0.0%
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 33 Tunisia 0.0%
- 33 Turkey 0.0%
- 33 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 33 Uganda 0.0%
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Uruguay 0.0%
- 33 Uzbekistan 0.0%
- 33 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 33 Venezuela 0.0%
- 33 Vietnam 0.0%
- 33 Western Sahara 0.0%
- 33 Yemen 0.0%
- 33 Zambia 0.0%
- 33 Zimbabwe 0.0%
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan?
- Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables in Taiwan was 0.8% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 1985.
- What is the lowest primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1965.
- How does Taiwan rank for primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables?
- Taiwan ranks 31st out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary energy from fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.