Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Liberia

Oil share of electricity in Liberia in 2021 — 42.58%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 31.15 pp.

2021 42.58% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 152of 209
Period maximum 79.28%2016
Period minimum 42.58%2018

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Liberia, 2000–20214050607080200020032006200920122015201820212000: 73.73%2001: 73.73%2002: 73.73%2003: 73.73%2004: 74.54%2005: 74.54%2006: 74.54%2007: 75.77%2008: 75.77%2009: 75.77%2010: 77.79%2011: 78.48%2012: 78.45%2013: 78.72%2014: 78.45%2015: 78.43%2016: 79.28%2017: 42.62%2018: 42.58%2019: 42.58%2020: 42.58%2021: 42.58%
Change over the period: −31.15 pp Annual average: -1.48 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Liberia 42.58%
World 2.77%
Western Africa computed 13.24%
Low-income countries computed 19.47%
Oil share of electricity — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 42.58 +0 pp
2020 42.58 +0 pp
2019 42.58 +0 pp
2018 42.58 −0.04 pp
2017 42.62 −36.65 pp
2016 79.28 +0.84 pp
2015 78.43 −0.01 pp
2014 78.45 −0.27 pp
2013 78.72 +0.27 pp
2012 78.45 −0.03 pp
2011 78.48 +0.69 pp
2010 77.79 +2.02 pp
2009 75.77 +0 pp
2008 75.77 +0 pp
2007 75.77 +1.24 pp
2006 74.54 +0 pp
2005 74.54 +0 pp
2004 74.54 +0.8 pp
2003 73.73 +0 pp
2002 73.73 +0 pp
2001 73.73 +0 pp
2000 73.73

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.