Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Bahamas

Oil share of electricity in the Bahamas in 2021 — 99.3%. Ranked 206 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.7 pp.

2021 99.3% −0.39 pp vs 2020
World rank 206of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 99.3%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Bahamas, 2000–202199.299.499.699.8100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 100%2007: 99.99%2008: 99.99%2009: 99.99%2010: 99.98%2011: 99.93%2012: 99.9%2013: 99.89%2014: 99.82%2015: 99.81%2016: 99.79%2017: 99.78%2018: 99.78%2019: 99.74%2020: 99.69%2021: 99.3%
Change over the period: −0.7 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 99.3%
World 2.77%
Caribbean computed 47.15%
High-income countries computed 3.05%
Oil share of electricity — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 99.3 −0.39 pp
2020 99.69 −0.06 pp
2019 99.74 −0.04 pp
2018 99.78 +0.01 pp
2017 99.78 −0.01 pp
2016 99.79 −0.03 pp
2015 99.81 −0.01 pp
2014 99.82 −0.06 pp
2013 99.89 −0.02 pp
2012 99.9 −0.02 pp
2011 99.93 −0.05 pp
2010 99.98 −0.01 pp
2009 99.99 −0.01 pp
2008 99.99 −0 pp
2007 99.99 −0.01 pp
2006 100 +0 pp
2005 100 +0 pp
2004 100 +0 pp
2003 100 +0 pp
2002 100 +0 pp
2001 100 +0 pp
2000 100

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated from oil and petroleum products. In large power systems this share is close to zero: burning oil for electricity is expensive, and it is more profitable to send it to transport. It is high where there is no other choice — on islands and in isolated systems, to which diesel can be shipped but where a pipeline or a large hydro plant cannot be built. A high value therefore usually says not that a country is rich in oil but that it is isolated.

Important: Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward. A high value usually means an isolated power system rather than oil wealth.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.