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South Africa: Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels

82.16percent · 2025-11.2% since 2015

Electricity generated from fossil fuels as a share of total generation. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202582.163
202484.305
202384.15
202285.922
202187.261
202089.545
201989.548
201890.613
201789.684
201690.823
201592.498
201492.896
201393.835
201294.385
201193.74
201094.175
200994.086
200894.285
200794.44
200694.732
200594.66
200493.978
200394.053
200293.404
200193.879
200093.074

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-fossil (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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