Oil share of electricity in El Salvador in 2023 — 8.72%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.91 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.72 | +0.54 pp |
| 2022 | 8.18 | −7.36 pp |
| 2021 | 15.54 | +0.08 pp |
| 2020 | 15.46 | −13.44 pp |
| 2019 | 28.9 | +6.69 pp |
| 2018 | 22.21 | −3.02 pp |
| 2017 | 25.23 | −15.96 pp |
| 2016 | 41.19 | −0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 41.69 | +1.84 pp |
| 2014 | 39.85 | +0.29 pp |
| 2013 | 39.56 | −0.21 pp |
| 2012 | 39.76 | +2.69 pp |
| 2011 | 37.07 | +2.11 pp |
| 2010 | 34.96 | −8.74 pp |
| 2009 | 43.7 | +6.21 pp |
| 2008 | 37.48 | −6.32 pp |
| 2007 | 43.81 | +1.19 pp |
| 2006 | 42.62 | +0.86 pp |
| 2005 | 41.76 | −3.6 pp |
| 2004 | 45.36 | +2.61 pp |
| 2003 | 42.74 | −5.68 pp |
| 2002 | 48.43 | +2.82 pp |
| 2001 | 45.6 | +3.67 pp |
| 2000 | 41.93 | +6.13 pp |
| 1999 | 35.8 | −10.77 pp |
| 1998 | 46.57 | −0.03 pp |
| 1997 | 46.6 | +15.1 pp |
| 1996 | 31.5 | −10.68 pp |
| 1995 | 42.18 | +1.12 pp |
| 1994 | 41.05 | +9.25 pp |
| 1993 | 31.8 | +7.66 pp |
| 1992 | 24.14 | −2.16 pp |
| 1991 | 26.3 | +19.49 pp |
| 1990 | 6.81 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Costa Rica
5.06
Mexico
7.31
El Salvador
8.72
Panama
14.59
Guatemala
17.62
Nicaragua
37.5
Honduras
47.42
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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