Explore Papua New Guinea's electricity generation mix through data on nuclear, renewable, natural gas, coal, oil and hydropower.
The largest source of electricity generation in Papua New Guinea was hydropower, accounting for 35.3% of total output in 2021. The electricity mix also included oil at 33.2% and natural gas at 26.8%. Low-carbon sources represented 40.0% of generation, while fossil fuels accounted for 60.0%.
Over the latest five-year period, natural gas recorded the largest increase in the generation mix, rising by 10.5 percentage points. Oil recorded the largest decline, falling by 15.7 percentage points.
Papua New Guinea Electricity Generation Mix by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Electricity production from coal sources, % of total (EG.ELC.COAL.ZS); Electricity production from natural gas sources, % of total (EG.ELC.NGAS.ZS); Electricity production from oil sources, % of total (EG.ELC.PETR.ZS); Electricity production from nuclear sources, % of total (EG.ELC.NUCL.ZS); Electricity production from hydroelectric sources, % of total (EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS); Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, % of total (EG.ELC.RNWX.ZS); Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total (EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS); Renewable electricity output, % of total electricity output (EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS).
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About the Indicators
Electricity production from coal sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by burning coal.
Electricity production from natural gas sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by burning natural gas.
Electricity production from oil sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by burning oil and petroleum products.
Electricity production from nuclear sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by nuclear power plants.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by hydropower plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric. The share of total electricity generated from non-hydro renewables: wind, solar, geothermal and biomass.
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources. The combined share of total electricity generation produced from fossil fuels: oil, natural gas and coal.
Renewable electricity output, % of total electricity output. The share of a country’s electricity generated from renewable sources, including hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass.