Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — EAEU

Oil share of electricity in the EAEU in 2023 — 0.86%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.98 pp.

2023 0.86% −0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.84%2000
Period minimum 0.64%2017

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — EAEU, 2000–2023012342000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 3.84%2001: 3.41%2002: 3.2%2003: 3%2004: 2.53%2005: 2.32%2006: 2.92%2007: 2.16%2008: 1.73%2009: 2.03%2010: 0.93%2011: 2.39%2012: 2.45%2013: 0.79%2014: 1%2015: 0.97%2016: 1.09%2017: 0.64%2018: 0.65%2019: 0.69%2020: 0.77%2021: 0.99%2022: 0.93%2023: 0.86%
Change over the period: −2.98 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

EAEU 0.86%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.86 −0.07 pp
2022 0.93 −0.06 pp
2021 0.99 +0.22 pp
2020 0.77 +0.09 pp
2019 0.69 +0.03 pp
2018 0.65 +0.01 pp
2017 0.64 −0.45 pp
2016 1.09 +0.12 pp
2015 0.97 −0.04 pp
2014 1 +0.21 pp
2013 0.79 −1.66 pp
2012 2.45 +0.06 pp
2011 2.39 +1.45 pp
2010 0.93 −1.1 pp
2009 2.03 +0.3 pp
2008 1.73 −0.43 pp
2007 2.16 −0.75 pp
2006 2.92 +0.59 pp
2005 2.32 −0.2 pp
2004 2.53 −0.47 pp
2003 3 −0.2 pp
2002 3.2 −0.21 pp
2001 3.41 −0.43 pp
2000 3.84

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.