Oil share of electricity in Jamaica in 2023 — 29.45%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 65.87 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.45 | −4.7 pp |
| 2022 | 34.15 | +5.79 pp |
| 2021 | 28.36 | −0.04 pp |
| 2020 | 28.4 | −33.79 pp |
| 2019 | 62.19 | −3.86 pp |
| 2018 | 66.05 | −3.54 pp |
| 2017 | 69.6 | −19.25 pp |
| 2016 | 88.84 | −4.27 pp |
| 2015 | 93.11 | +0.09 pp |
| 2014 | 93.02 | −0.7 pp |
| 2013 | 93.72 | +0.6 pp |
| 2012 | 93.12 | −0.51 pp |
| 2011 | 93.63 | −1.03 pp |
| 2010 | 94.66 | −0.17 pp |
| 2009 | 94.83 | +0.41 pp |
| 2008 | 94.42 | −1.56 pp |
| 2007 | 95.98 | −0.67 pp |
| 2006 | 96.65 | −0.31 pp |
| 2005 | 96.97 | −0.26 pp |
| 2004 | 97.23 | −0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 97.93 | −0.23 pp |
| 2002 | 98.15 | −0.37 pp |
| 2001 | 98.53 | +0.8 pp |
| 2000 | 97.73 | −0.14 pp |
| 1999 | 97.87 | +0.04 pp |
| 1998 | 97.83 | +0.04 pp |
| 1997 | 97.79 | +0.09 pp |
| 1996 | 97.7 | −0.03 pp |
| 1995 | 97.73 | +0.13 pp |
| 1994 | 97.6 | −0.11 pp |
| 1993 | 97.7 | +0.47 pp |
| 1992 | 97.24 | +2.99 pp |
| 1991 | 94.25 | −1.07 pp |
| 1990 | 95.32 | — |
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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