Oil share of electricity in lower-middle-income countries in 2022 — 4.41%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.54 pp.
2000–2022 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.41 | −0.03 pp |
| 2021 | 4.44 | +0.38 pp |
| 2020 | 4.05 | −0.45 pp |
| 2019 | 4.51 | +0.32 pp |
| 2018 | 4.19 | −1.33 pp |
| 2017 | 5.52 | −1.11 pp |
| 2016 | 6.63 | −0.96 pp |
| 2015 | 7.59 | −1.35 pp |
| 2014 | 8.94 | −1.1 pp |
| 2013 | 10.04 | +0.68 pp |
| 2012 | 9.36 | +0.48 pp |
| 2011 | 8.88 | +0.24 pp |
| 2010 | 8.64 | −0.59 pp |
| 2009 | 9.23 | −0.03 pp |
| 2008 | 9.26 | +0.46 pp |
| 2007 | 8.8 | −0.02 pp |
| 2006 | 8.82 | +0.56 pp |
| 2005 | 8.27 | −0.18 pp |
| 2004 | 8.45 | +0.16 pp |
| 2003 | 8.29 | −1.64 pp |
| 2002 | 9.94 | −0.51 pp |
| 2001 | 10.44 | −0.51 pp |
| 2000 | 10.95 | — |
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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