Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Lesotho

Oil share of electricity in Lesotho in 2021 — 0.07%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.03 pp.

2021 0.07% −0.05 pp vs 2020
World rank 24of 209
Period maximum 0.13%2019
Period minimum 0.07%2015

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Lesotho, 2000–20210.060.080.10.120.14200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0.1%2001: 0.1%2002: 0.1%2003: 0.09%2004: 0.09%2005: 0.08%2006: 0.08%2007: 0.07%2008: 0.08%2009: 0.07%2010: 0.08%2011: 0.08%2012: 0.08%2013: 0.07%2014: 0.07%2015: 0.07%2016: 0.07%2017: 0.12%2018: 0.12%2019: 0.13%2020: 0.12%2021: 0.07%
Change over the period: −0.03 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Lesotho 0.07%
World 2.77%
Southern Africa computed 2.42%
Oil share of electricity — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.07 −0.05 pp
2020 0.12 −0.01 pp
2019 0.13 +0.02 pp
2018 0.12 +0 pp
2017 0.12 +0.05 pp
2016 0.07 +0 pp
2015 0.07 −0 pp
2014 0.07 −0 pp
2013 0.07 −0 pp
2012 0.08 +0 pp
2011 0.08 +0 pp
2010 0.08 +0 pp
2009 0.07 −0 pp
2008 0.08 +0 pp
2007 0.07 −0 pp
2006 0.08 −0 pp
2005 0.08 −0.01 pp
2004 0.09 +0 pp
2003 0.09 −0 pp
2002 0.1 −0.01 pp
2001 0.1 −0 pp
2000 0.1

Southern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.