Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — CIS

Oil share of electricity in the CIS in 2023 — 0.97%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.27 pp.

2023 0.97% +0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.24%2000
Period minimum 0.63%2018

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — CIS, 2000–202302462000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.24%2001: 4.17%2002: 3.9%2003: 3.8%2004: 3.2%2005: 2.91%2006: 3.43%2007: 2.48%2008: 1.86%2009: 2.01%2010: 0.93%2011: 2.28%2012: 2.33%2013: 0.75%2014: 0.94%2015: 1.02%2016: 1.21%2017: 0.7%2018: 0.63%2019: 0.68%2020: 0.74%2021: 1.04%2022: 0.92%2023: 0.97%
Change over the period: −4.27 pp Annual average: -0.19 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

CIS 0.97%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.97 +0.05 pp
2022 0.92 −0.12 pp
2021 1.04 +0.3 pp
2020 0.74 +0.06 pp
2019 0.68 +0.05 pp
2018 0.63 −0.06 pp
2017 0.7 −0.51 pp
2016 1.21 +0.18 pp
2015 1.02 +0.08 pp
2014 0.94 +0.19 pp
2013 0.75 −1.58 pp
2012 2.33 +0.05 pp
2011 2.28 +1.35 pp
2010 0.93 −1.08 pp
2009 2.01 +0.16 pp
2008 1.86 −0.63 pp
2007 2.48 −0.94 pp
2006 3.43 +0.51 pp
2005 2.91 −0.29 pp
2004 3.2 −0.6 pp
2003 3.8 −0.1 pp
2002 3.9 −0.27 pp
2001 4.17 −1.07 pp
2000 5.24

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.