Oil share of electricity in Iceland in 2024 — 0.02%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.11 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.02 | +0 pp |
| 2023 | 0.02 | +0.01 pp |
| 2022 | 0.01 | −0 pp |
| 2021 | 0.01 | −0.01 pp |
| 2020 | 0.02 | +0.01 pp |
| 2019 | 0.01 | +0.01 pp |
| 2018 | 0.01 | −0.01 pp |
| 2017 | 0.01 | −0.01 pp |
| 2016 | 0.02 | −0.01 pp |
| 2015 | 0.02 | +0 pp |
| 2014 | 0.02 | −0.01 pp |
| 2013 | 0.03 | +0.01 pp |
| 2012 | 0.02 | +0.01 pp |
| 2011 | 0.01 | −0 pp |
| 2010 | 0.01 | −0 pp |
| 2009 | 0.01 | −0 pp |
| 2008 | 0.01 | −0 pp |
| 2007 | 0.02 | −0.02 pp |
| 2006 | 0.04 | −0.02 pp |
| 2005 | 0.06 | +0.01 pp |
| 2004 | 0.05 | −0.02 pp |
| 2003 | 0.07 | −0 pp |
| 2002 | 0.07 | +0.02 pp |
| 2001 | 0.05 | −0.02 pp |
| 2000 | 0.07 | −0 pp |
| 1999 | 0.07 | −0.01 pp |
| 1998 | 0.08 | +0.01 pp |
| 1997 | 0.07 | −0.03 pp |
| 1996 | 0.1 | −0.08 pp |
| 1995 | 0.18 | +0.08 pp |
| 1994 | 0.1 | −0 pp |
| 1993 | 0.11 | −0.03 pp |
| 1992 | 0.13 | −0.02 pp |
| 1991 | 0.16 | +0.02 pp |
| 1990 | 0.13 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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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