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Japan: Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels

66.95percent · 2025-20.9% since 2015

Electricity generated from fossil fuels as a share of total generation. Annual figures for Japan from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202566.951
202468.883
202370.169
202274.538
202173.966
202076.674
201976.899
201879.278
201782.177
201684.07
201584.61
201487.4
201387.575
201288.317
201174.966
201064.482
200966.615
200870.116
200767.734
200664.035
200565.672
200464.476
200368.679
200262.568
200161.33
200061.793
199961.287
199859.291
199759.793
199662.23
199562.407
199465.849
199362.006
199266.302
199165.46
199066.783
198963.164
198862.828
198761.314
198661.561
198562.028

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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