Oil share of electricity in Bulgaria in 2023 — 0.7%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.22 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | −0.29 pp |
| 2022 | 0.99 | +0.24 pp |
| 2021 | 0.75 | +0.02 pp |
| 2020 | 0.73 | −0.09 pp |
| 2019 | 0.82 | +0.11 pp |
| 2018 | 0.71 | −0.16 pp |
| 2017 | 0.87 | +0.17 pp |
| 2016 | 0.7 | +0.33 pp |
| 2015 | 0.37 | −0.07 pp |
| 2014 | 0.44 | −0.07 pp |
| 2013 | 0.52 | +0.05 pp |
| 2012 | 0.47 | +0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 0.27 | −0.57 pp |
| 2010 | 0.84 | +0.08 pp |
| 2009 | 0.76 | +0.15 pp |
| 2008 | 0.62 | −0.7 pp |
| 2007 | 1.31 | +0.49 pp |
| 2006 | 0.83 | −0.54 pp |
| 2005 | 1.37 | −0.61 pp |
| 2004 | 1.97 | +0.12 pp |
| 2003 | 1.85 | −0.09 pp |
| 2002 | 1.94 | +0.63 pp |
| 2001 | 1.32 | −0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 1.62 | −0.81 pp |
| 1999 | 2.42 | +0.25 pp |
| 1998 | 2.17 | +0.01 pp |
| 1997 | 2.16 | −0.96 pp |
| 1996 | 3.13 | −0.33 pp |
| 1995 | 3.45 | −0.81 pp |
| 1994 | 4.26 | −0.06 pp |
| 1993 | 4.33 | +0.92 pp |
| 1992 | 3.41 | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 3.31 | +0.39 pp |
| 1990 | 2.92 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
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