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🇱🇰 Electricity Generation of Sri Lanka

The electricity generated in Sri Lanka has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in Sri Lanka reach 16.36 TWh. Whereof 36.43% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Other Fossil.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in Sri Lanka increased by 5.01%
  • In total, Sri Lanka generated 16.36 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in Sri Lanka grew with 0.78 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 153.64% in Sri Lanka
  • In 2021, Sri Lanka produced 0.058815345340627% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Sri Lanka (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, Sri Lanka's electricity generation has increased from 6.45 TWh to 16.36 TWh, a 153.64% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 6.45 % %
2001 6.53 0.08% 1.24%
2002 6.8 0.27% 4.13%
2003 7.41 0.61% 8.97%
2004 7.88 0.47% 6.34%
2005 8.93 1.05% 13.32%
2006 8.41 -0.52% -5.82%
2007 9.51 1.1% 13.08%
2008 9.62 0.11% 1.16%
2009 9.61 -0.01% -0.1%
2010 10.44 0.83% 8.64%
2011 11.19 0.75% 7.18%
2012 11.37 0.18% 1.61%
2013 11.66 0.29% 2.55%
2014 11.97 0.31% 2.66%
2015 12.72 0.75% 6.27%
2016 13.69 0.97% 7.63%
2017 14.69 1.0% 7.3%
2018 14.97 0.28% 1.91%
2019 15.88 0.91% 6.08%
2020 15.58 -0.3% -1.89%
2021 16.36 0.78% 5.01%

Sri Lanka's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Other Fossil was the largest generator of electrical energy in Sri Lanka with 36.43% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Other Fossil 36.43%
Hydro 30.56%
Coal 25.86%
Solar 3.3%
Wind 2.26%
Bioenergy 1.59%
Gas 0.0%
Nuclear 0.0%
Other Renewables 0.0%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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