Oil share of electricity in high-income countries in 2021 — 3.05%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.42 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.05 | +0.04 pp |
| 2020 | 3.01 | −0.02 pp |
| 2019 | 3.03 | −0.14 pp |
| 2018 | 3.16 | −0.33 pp |
| 2017 | 3.49 | −0.35 pp |
| 2016 | 3.84 | −0.45 pp |
| 2015 | 4.29 | −0.06 pp |
| 2014 | 4.35 | −0.12 pp |
| 2013 | 4.46 | −0.67 pp |
| 2012 | 5.13 | +0.44 pp |
| 2011 | 4.69 | +0.57 pp |
| 2010 | 4.12 | −0.24 pp |
| 2009 | 4.36 | −0.3 pp |
| 2008 | 4.66 | −0.45 pp |
| 2007 | 5.11 | +0.22 pp |
| 2006 | 4.89 | −0.78 pp |
| 2005 | 5.67 | −0.08 pp |
| 2004 | 5.75 | −0.51 pp |
| 2003 | 6.26 | +0.21 pp |
| 2002 | 6.05 | −0.13 pp |
| 2001 | 6.18 | −0.28 pp |
| 2000 | 6.46 | — |
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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