Oil share of electricity in Iraq in 2023 — 46.7%. Ranked 123 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 26.8 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iraq
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 46.7 | −0.9 pp |
| 2022 | 47.59 | +7.14 pp |
| 2021 | 40.46 | +4.6 pp |
| 2020 | 35.86 | −2.11 pp |
| 2019 | 37.97 | −5.81 pp |
| 2018 | 43.78 | −7.43 pp |
| 2017 | 51.21 | −4.21 pp |
| 2016 | 55.42 | −11 pp |
| 2015 | 66.42 | −7.25 pp |
| 2014 | 73.66 | +3.01 pp |
| 2013 | 70.65 | +2.53 pp |
| 2012 | 68.12 | +7.83 pp |
| 2011 | 60.3 | +0.85 pp |
| 2010 | 59.45 | +16.07 pp |
| 2009 | 43.38 | +2.31 pp |
| 2008 | 41.07 | −2.75 pp |
| 2007 | 43.82 | +3.77 pp |
| 2006 | 40.05 | −7.32 pp |
| 2005 | 47.37 | −45.22 pp |
| 2004 | 92.59 | +4.58 pp |
| 2003 | 88.01 | +2.78 pp |
| 2002 | 85.23 | +3.41 pp |
| 2001 | 81.82 | +2.5 pp |
| 2000 | 79.32 | +0.38 pp |
| 1999 | 78.94 | −1.03 pp |
| 1998 | 79.97 | +0.99 pp |
| 1997 | 78.98 | +1.37 pp |
| 1996 | 77.61 | −0.22 pp |
| 1995 | 77.83 | +1.34 pp |
| 1994 | 76.49 | −2.81 pp |
| 1993 | 79.3 | −0.89 pp |
| 1992 | 80.19 | +0.4 pp |
| 1991 | 79.79 | +6.3 pp |
| 1990 | 73.49 | — |
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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