Electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total fell 39.8% to 54.8% in Lebanon in 2022, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total in Lebanon reached an all time high of 98.8% in 2014 and an all time low of 39.0% in 1971. When compared to Lebanon's main peers, electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total in Cyprus amounted to 83.2%, 91.3% in Israel, 76.9% in Jordan and 95.7% in Syria in 2022.
Lebanon has been ranked 80th within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total, 33 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Electricity Production from Oil, Gas & Coal Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Cyprus | % | 91.3% | 90.6% | 90.0% | 87.7% | 84.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 92.1% | 91.2% | 88.0% | 87.7% | 87.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 74.9% | 69.1% | 66.2% | 63.3% | 59.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 97.6% | 98.1% | 95.6% | 96.4% | 97.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 97.1% | 97.2% | 95.1% | 93.7% | 92.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 93.3% | 89.4% | 85.6% | 81.1% | 77.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 97.8% | 97.9% | 94.8% | 93.4% | 91.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.9% | 99.8% | 99.8% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 96.5% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.3% | 96.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 70.4% | 67.6% | 56.1% | 57.7% | 64.2% |
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