Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Laos

Oil share of electricity in Laos in 2021 — 0%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 209.

2021 0% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 1of 209
Period maximum 0%2000
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Laos, 2000–2021-1-0.500.51200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 0%2012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0%2015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%2018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 0%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos 0%
World 2.77%
South-Eastern Asia computed 1.27%
Oil share of electricity — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0 +0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 +0 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 +0 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

About the indicator

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.