Oil share of electricity in the European Union in 2024 — 1.55%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 6.75 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.55 | −0.21 pp |
| 2023 | 1.76 | −0.22 pp |
| 2022 | 1.97 | +0.37 pp |
| 2021 | 1.6 | −0.11 pp |
| 2020 | 1.72 | −0.07 pp |
| 2019 | 1.79 | −0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 1.85 | −0.13 pp |
| 2017 | 1.98 | −0.14 pp |
| 2016 | 2.12 | −0.06 pp |
| 2015 | 2.17 | +0.06 pp |
| 2014 | 2.11 | −0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 2.16 | −0.31 pp |
| 2012 | 2.47 | −0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 2.53 | −0.22 pp |
| 2010 | 2.75 | −0.51 pp |
| 2009 | 3.26 | −0.12 pp |
| 2008 | 3.39 | −0.28 pp |
| 2007 | 3.66 | −0.71 pp |
| 2006 | 4.37 | −0.32 pp |
| 2005 | 4.7 | −0.24 pp |
| 2004 | 4.94 | −0.94 pp |
| 2003 | 5.88 | −0.71 pp |
| 2002 | 6.59 | +0.41 pp |
| 2001 | 6.18 | −0.32 pp |
| 2000 | 6.5 | −1.1 pp |
| 1999 | 7.6 | −0.64 pp |
| 1998 | 8.24 | +0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 8.14 | −0.24 pp |
| 1996 | 8.38 | −0.46 pp |
| 1995 | 8.84 | +0.28 pp |
| 1994 | 8.56 | −0.02 pp |
| 1993 | 8.57 | −0.61 pp |
| 1992 | 9.19 | +0.42 pp |
| 1991 | 8.77 | +0.48 pp |
| 1990 | 8.29 | — |
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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