Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — British Virgin Islands

Oil share of electricity in the British Virgin Islands in 2021 — 97.75%. Ranked 200 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.25 pp.

2021 97.75% +0.01 pp vs 2020
World rank 200of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 97.74%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — British Virgin Islands, 2000–2021979899100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 100%2007: 100%2008: 100%2009: 100%2010: 99.35%2011: 99.33%2012: 99.35%2013: 99.35%2014: 99.36%2015: 99.11%2016: 98.81%2017: 98.42%2018: 98.29%2019: 98.07%2020: 97.74%2021: 97.75%
Change over the period: −2.25 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands 97.75%
World 2.77%
Caribbean computed 47.15%
High-income countries computed 3.05%
Oil share of electricity — British Virgin Islands, by year British Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 97.75 +0.01 pp
2020 97.74 −0.33 pp
2019 98.07 −0.23 pp
2018 98.29 −0.13 pp
2017 98.42 −0.38 pp
2016 98.81 −0.3 pp
2015 99.11 −0.25 pp
2014 99.36 +0 pp
2013 99.35 −0 pp
2012 99.35 +0.02 pp
2011 99.33 −0.02 pp
2010 99.35 −0.65 pp
2009 100 +0 pp
2008 100 +0 pp
2007 100 +0 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.