Oil share of electricity in Cameroon in 2023 — 4.2%. Ranked 87 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.68 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.2 | −1.57 pp |
| 2022 | 5.77 | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 5.46 | −4.23 pp |
| 2020 | 9.7 | −2.39 pp |
| 2019 | 12.08 | −2.01 pp |
| 2018 | 14.09 | −0.46 pp |
| 2017 | 14.55 | −0.65 pp |
| 2016 | 15.21 | −11.06 pp |
| 2015 | 26.27 | +9.83 pp |
| 2014 | 16.44 | +0.48 pp |
| 2013 | 15.96 | +0.06 pp |
| 2012 | 15.9 | −2.61 pp |
| 2011 | 18.51 | −1.2 pp |
| 2010 | 19.72 | −2.47 pp |
| 2009 | 22.19 | +6.84 pp |
| 2008 | 15.35 | −0.63 pp |
| 2007 | 15.98 | +4.8 pp |
| 2006 | 11.18 | +5.39 pp |
| 2005 | 5.79 | +1.17 pp |
| 2004 | 4.62 | +0.39 pp |
| 2003 | 4.23 | +0.66 pp |
| 2002 | 3.58 | +1.68 pp |
| 2001 | 1.89 | +0.8 pp |
| 2000 | 1.09 | −0.15 pp |
| 1999 | 1.24 | −0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 1.64 | +0.49 pp |
| 1997 | 1.15 | +0.01 pp |
| 1996 | 1.14 | −0.01 pp |
| 1995 | 1.15 | −0.03 pp |
| 1994 | 1.18 | +0.12 pp |
| 1993 | 1.06 | −0.22 pp |
| 1992 | 1.28 | −0.16 pp |
| 1991 | 1.44 | −0.08 pp |
| 1990 | 1.52 | — |
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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