Oil share of electricity in low-income countries in 2022 — 16.69%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.25 pp.
2000–2022 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.69 | −2.79 pp |
| 2021 | 19.47 | −3.44 pp |
| 2020 | 22.92 | −0.04 pp |
| 2019 | 22.95 | −0.87 pp |
| 2018 | 23.83 | +1.16 pp |
| 2017 | 22.67 | +1.33 pp |
| 2016 | 21.33 | +1.69 pp |
| 2015 | 19.64 | +1.46 pp |
| 2014 | 18.19 | −2.69 pp |
| 2013 | 20.88 | −1.86 pp |
| 2012 | 22.74 | −2.67 pp |
| 2011 | 25.41 | +0.94 pp |
| 2010 | 24.47 | −6.71 pp |
| 2009 | 31.18 | −5.56 pp |
| 2008 | 36.74 | +1.84 pp |
| 2007 | 34.89 | +3.96 pp |
| 2006 | 30.93 | +1.15 pp |
| 2005 | 29.78 | +1.87 pp |
| 2004 | 27.91 | +1.54 pp |
| 2003 | 26.37 | −0.16 pp |
| 2002 | 26.53 | +0.18 pp |
| 2001 | 26.35 | −1.59 pp |
| 2000 | 27.94 | — |
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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