Oil share of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 3.3%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 14.74 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.3 | −2.31 pp |
| 2023 | 5.6 | −0.46 pp |
| 2022 | 6.06 | −2.59 pp |
| 2021 | 8.65 | +0.59 pp |
| 2020 | 8.06 | −0.21 pp |
| 2019 | 8.27 | −1 pp |
| 2018 | 9.27 | −0.06 pp |
| 2017 | 9.33 | −1.57 pp |
| 2016 | 10.9 | −0.99 pp |
| 2015 | 11.89 | −0.28 pp |
| 2014 | 12.16 | −0.54 pp |
| 2013 | 12.7 | −0.65 pp |
| 2012 | 13.35 | +0.45 pp |
| 2011 | 12.9 | −0.27 pp |
| 2010 | 13.17 | −0.29 pp |
| 2009 | 13.46 | −0.89 pp |
| 2008 | 14.36 | −0.2 pp |
| 2007 | 14.55 | +0.48 pp |
| 2006 | 14.08 | −1.23 pp |
| 2005 | 15.31 | −0.28 pp |
| 2004 | 15.59 | −0.69 pp |
| 2003 | 16.28 | −1.34 pp |
| 2002 | 17.62 | −1.78 pp |
| 2001 | 19.4 | +0.11 pp |
| 2000 | 19.29 | +1.64 pp |
| 1999 | 17.64 | −0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 17.84 | +1.43 pp |
| 1997 | 16.41 | +0.94 pp |
| 1996 | 15.46 | −0.05 pp |
| 1995 | 15.51 | −1.58 pp |
| 1994 | 17.09 | +1.07 pp |
| 1993 | 16.01 | −1.54 pp |
| 1992 | 17.55 | +0.39 pp |
| 1991 | 17.16 | −0.87 pp |
| 1990 | 18.03 | — |
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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