Nearly 87% of Indonesia's electricity came from fossil fuels in 2020.

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Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman 12/04/2022 17:20 WIB

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Fossil fuels are estimated to have contributed 86.95% of Indonesia's total electricity production in 2020.

Indonesia's Electricity Production Proportion from Fossil Fuels (2016-2020)

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Indonesia's Electricity Production Proportion from Fossil Fuels (2016-2020)

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Our World in Data notes that 86.95% of Indonesia's total electricity production in 2020 came from fossil fuels. This figure is slightly down from 88.73% in 2019.

In 2020, national electricity production from fossil fuels reached 239 terawatt-hours (TWh).

Indonesia, a major global coal exporter, is among the group of countries where fossil fuels contribute more than 80% to electricity generation. Many countries in this group come from North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

In Singapore, for example, fossil fuels accounted for 97.87% of the country's total electricity production in 2021.

Meanwhile, the proportion of fossil fuel-based electricity in Malaysia was recorded at 87.77% in 2020.

On a per capita basis, Indonesia's fossil fuel-based electricity production was only 873 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per capita, relatively low compared to developed countries.

The United States, for example, recorded fossil fuel-based electricity production of 7,535 kWh per capita in 2021.

(Also read: This is the Amount of Fuel for PLN Electricity during 2021)

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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