Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Barbados

Oil share of electricity in Barbados in 2021 — 92.67%. Ranked 182 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.33 pp.

2021 92.67% −1.88 pp vs 2020
World rank 182of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 92.67%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Barbados, 2000–202192949698100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 99.98%2002: 99.98%2003: 99.98%2004: 99.98%2005: 99.97%2006: 99.97%2007: 99.91%2008: 99.91%2009: 99.88%2010: 99.85%2011: 99.75%2012: 99.7%2013: 99.57%2014: 99.02%2015: 98.66%2016: 98.67%2017: 97.69%2018: 97.7%2019: 96.59%2020: 94.55%2021: 92.67%
Change over the period: −7.33 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Barbados 92.67%
World 2.77%
Caribbean computed 47.15%
High-income countries computed 3.05%
Oil share of electricity — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 92.67 −1.88 pp
2020 94.55 −2.04 pp
2019 96.59 −1.11 pp
2018 97.7 +0.01 pp
2017 97.69 −0.98 pp
2016 98.67 +0.01 pp
2015 98.66 −0.36 pp
2014 99.02 −0.55 pp
2013 99.57 −0.12 pp
2012 99.7 −0.05 pp
2011 99.75 −0.1 pp
2010 99.85 −0.03 pp
2009 99.88 −0.03 pp
2008 99.91 +0 pp
2007 99.91 −0.06 pp
2006 99.97 +0 pp
2005 99.97 −0.01 pp
2004 99.98 +0 pp
2003 99.98 +0 pp
2002 99.98 +0 pp
2001 99.98 −0.02 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.