Country energy profile · United Arab Emirates · 2025
What percentage of United Arab Emirates’s energy comes from fossil fuels?
In 2025, fossil fuels supplied 90.5% of United Arab Emirates’s total energy. Natural gas is its largest single source. That compares with a world average of 86.2%.
Oil 40.1%, natural gas 48.4%, coal 2.0% · non-fossil 9.5%.
Source: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy 2025 data. Site updated August 13, 2026.
United Arab Emirates energy mix, 2025
Share of total primary energy by source
Key facts
| Fossil-fuel share | 90.5% |
| World average | 86.2% |
| Main fossil fuel | Natural gas |
| Change since 2010 | -9.5 pts |
| Fossil energy per person | 419.1 GJ |
| CO₂ per person | 25.4 t |
| Fossil share of electricity | 68.0% |
| World rank, fossil energy used | #18 of 80 |
Is United Arab Emirates getting less dependent on fossil fuels?
Fossil-fuel share of total energy since 1965, with the absolute amount of fossil fuel used. Share and volume can move in opposite directions.
Fossil share vs. consumption
Left axis: % of primary energy · Right axis: exajoules (EJ)
Oil vs. gas vs. coal in United Arab Emirates
Consumption by fuel, 1965–2025
Exajoules (EJ) per year
Total energy vs. electricity
United Arab Emirates’s electricity has a lower fossil share than its overall energy use, because transport, heating and industry still lean heavily on oil, gas and coal.
Total energy
| Fossil share | 90.5% |
| Oil | 40.1% |
| Gas | 48.4% |
| Coal | 2.0% |
Electricity
| Fossil share | 68.0% |
| Low-carbon share | 31.6% |
| Nuclear + hydro | 21.2% |
| Wind + solar + other renewables | 10.4% |
Frequently asked questions
What percentage of United Arab Emirates's energy comes from fossil fuels?
In 2025, fossil fuels supplied about 90.5% of United Arab Emirates's total primary energy: oil 40.1%, natural gas 48.4% and coal 2.0%. The world average is 86.2%.
What is United Arab Emirates's main energy source?
United Arab Emirates's largest fossil fuel is natural gas. Non-fossil sources make up 9.5% of its energy.
Is United Arab Emirates reducing its dependence on fossil fuels?
Since 2010, United Arab Emirates's fossil-fuel share of energy has fallen by 9.5 percentage points, to 90.5%.
How much of United Arab Emirates's electricity comes from fossil fuels?
About 68.0% of United Arab Emirates's electricity came from fossil fuels in 2025, versus 90.5% of its total energy. Electricity is usually the lower-carbon of the two.
Compare with other countries
Source: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, 2025 data (annual series back to 1965). See methodology.