Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Euro area

Oil share of electricity in the Euro area in 2024 — 1.76%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.7 pp.

2024 1.76% −0.28 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 10.68%1992
Period minimum 1.76%2024

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Euro area, 1990–202405101519901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 9.45%1991: 10.21%1992: 10.68%1993: 9.78%1994: 9.59%1995: 9.95%1996: 9.13%1997: 8.92%1998: 9.22%1999: 8.44%2000: 7.22%2001: 6.75%2002: 7.36%2003: 6.54%2004: 5.61%2005: 5.39%2006: 4.98%2007: 4.18%2008: 3.87%2009: 3.69%2010: 3.07%2011: 2.9%2012: 2.85%2013: 2.51%2014: 2.47%2015: 2.53%2016: 2.42%2017: 2.29%2018: 2.15%2019: 2.07%2020: 1.99%2021: 1.84%2022: 2.27%2023: 2.04%2024: 1.76%
Change over the period: −7.7 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 1.76%
World 1.34%
Oil share of electricity — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.76 −0.28 pp
2023 2.04 −0.24 pp
2022 2.27 +0.43 pp
2021 1.84 −0.15 pp
2020 1.99 −0.08 pp
2019 2.07 −0.08 pp
2018 2.15 −0.14 pp
2017 2.29 −0.13 pp
2016 2.42 −0.1 pp
2015 2.53 +0.06 pp
2014 2.47 −0.04 pp
2013 2.51 −0.35 pp
2012 2.85 −0.05 pp
2011 2.9 −0.17 pp
2010 3.07 −0.62 pp
2009 3.69 −0.19 pp
2008 3.87 −0.31 pp
2007 4.18 −0.79 pp
2006 4.98 −0.41 pp
2005 5.39 −0.21 pp
2004 5.61 −0.94 pp
2003 6.54 −0.82 pp
2002 7.36 +0.61 pp
2001 6.75 −0.47 pp
2000 7.22 −1.22 pp
1999 8.44 −0.77 pp
1998 9.22 +0.29 pp
1997 8.92 −0.21 pp
1996 9.13 −0.82 pp
1995 9.95 +0.37 pp
1994 9.59 −0.19 pp
1993 9.78 −0.9 pp
1992 10.68 +0.47 pp
1991 10.21 +0.76 pp
1990 9.45

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.