Oil share of electricity in Kenya in 2024 — 8.79%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.65 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.79 | −1.48 pp |
| 2023 | 10.27 | −1.97 pp |
| 2022 | 12.25 | +2.05 pp |
| 2021 | 10.2 | +3.74 pp |
| 2020 | 6.45 | −4.91 pp |
| 2019 | 11.36 | −2.32 pp |
| 2018 | 13.68 | −10.78 pp |
| 2017 | 24.46 | +10.14 pp |
| 2016 | 14.33 | −0.17 pp |
| 2015 | 14.5 | −13.6 pp |
| 2014 | 28.1 | +3.08 pp |
| 2013 | 25.02 | −2.56 pp |
| 2012 | 27.58 | −8.69 pp |
| 2011 | 36.27 | +0.14 pp |
| 2010 | 36.13 | −8.36 pp |
| 2009 | 44.49 | +12.09 pp |
| 2008 | 32.41 | +5.67 pp |
| 2007 | 26.74 | −3.32 pp |
| 2006 | 30.06 | +3.68 pp |
| 2005 | 26.37 | +6.95 pp |
| 2004 | 19.42 | +0.97 pp |
| 2003 | 18.45 | −3.42 pp |
| 2002 | 21.88 | −11.59 pp |
| 2001 | 33.47 | −19.49 pp |
| 2000 | 52.95 | +19.49 pp |
| 1999 | 33.47 | +15.56 pp |
| 1998 | 17.91 | +1.42 pp |
| 1997 | 16.49 | +7.05 pp |
| 1996 | 9.44 | −0.67 pp |
| 1995 | 10.11 | +4.37 pp |
| 1994 | 5.74 | +2.11 pp |
| 1993 | 3.62 | −0.66 pp |
| 1992 | 4.29 | −0.37 pp |
| 1991 | 4.66 | −2.48 pp |
| 1990 | 7.14 | — |
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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