Sri Lanka's electricity generation rose from 4.5 in 1996 to 17.3 in 2025.
Sri Lanka's primary energy consumption rose from 40.7 in 1995 to 111.3 in 2024.
Sri Lanka · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 25 with data
Sri Lanka's electricity consumption per capita rose from 252.9 kWh in 1996 to 742.6 kWh in 2025.
Sri Lanka's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 2.8 in 2025.
Sri Lanka's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 0.9 in 2025.
Sri Lanka's hydropower electricity generation rose from 3.3 in 1996 to 6.6 in 2025.
Sri Lanka's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1995 and 0 in 2024.
Sri Lanka's energy use per capita rose from 2,319.4 kWh in 1995 to 4,819.2 kWh in 2024.
Sri Lanka's renewable energy fell from 75.3 % in 1992 to 48.8 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +6.4 pts28th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −6.4 pts39th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +6.4 pts39th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −2.9 pts20th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +8.8 pts18th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.3 pts39th of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −5.3 pts68th of 89
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- Energy importsup +0.6 pts31st of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts46th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −2.1 %6th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −13.0 %45th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Gas electricity shareNo data