Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — G7

Oil share of electricity in the G7 in 2024 — 1.04%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.02 pp.

2024 1.04% −0.17 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.19%2003
Period minimum 1.04%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — G7, 2000–202402462000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 5.06%2001: 4.73%2002: 4.71%2003: 5.19%2004: 4.78%2005: 4.66%2006: 3.5%2007: 3.82%2008: 3.27%2009: 2.59%2010: 2.38%2011: 3.01%2012: 3.37%2013: 2.87%2014: 2.35%2015: 2.12%2016: 1.83%2017: 1.6%2018: 1.48%2019: 1.26%2020: 1.26%2021: 1.29%2022: 1.53%2023: 1.2%2024: 1.04%
Change over the period: −4.02 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 1.04%
World 1.34%
Oil share of electricity — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.04 −0.17 pp
2023 1.2 −0.33 pp
2022 1.53 +0.24 pp
2021 1.29 +0.03 pp
2020 1.26 +0 pp
2019 1.26 −0.22 pp
2018 1.48 −0.12 pp
2017 1.6 −0.23 pp
2016 1.83 −0.29 pp
2015 2.12 −0.22 pp
2014 2.35 −0.52 pp
2013 2.87 −0.5 pp
2012 3.37 +0.36 pp
2011 3.01 +0.63 pp
2010 2.38 −0.21 pp
2009 2.59 −0.68 pp
2008 3.27 −0.55 pp
2007 3.82 +0.32 pp
2006 3.5 −1.16 pp
2005 4.66 −0.12 pp
2004 4.78 −0.41 pp
2003 5.19 +0.48 pp
2002 4.71 −0.01 pp
2001 4.73 −0.33 pp
2000 5.06

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.