Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Cayman Islands

Oil share of electricity in the Cayman Islands in 2021 — 97.06%. Ranked 195 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.94 pp.

2021 97.06% −0.25 pp vs 2020
World rank 195of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 97.06%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Cayman Islands, 2000–2021979899100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 100%2007: 100%2008: 100%2009: 100%2010: 100%2011: 100%2012: 100%2013: 100%2014: 100%2015: 100%2016: 99.69%2017: 98.71%2018: 97.86%2019: 97.72%2020: 97.31%2021: 97.06%
Change over the period: −2.94 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Cayman Islands 97.06%
World 2.77%
Caribbean computed 47.15%
High-income countries computed 3.05%
Oil share of electricity — Cayman Islands, by year Cayman Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 97.06 −0.25 pp
2020 97.31 −0.42 pp
2019 97.72 −0.13 pp
2018 97.86 −0.85 pp
2017 98.71 −0.98 pp
2016 99.69 −0.31 pp
2015 100 +0 pp
2014 100 +0 pp
2013 100 +0 pp
2012 100 +0 pp
2011 100 +0 pp
2010 100 +0 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.