Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Marshall Islands

Oil share of electricity in the Marshall Islands in 2021 — 97.57%. Ranked 199 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.35 pp.

2021 97.57% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 199of 209
Period maximum 99.94%2003
Period minimum 97.57%2018

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Marshall Islands, 2000–2021979899100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 99.93%2001: 99.93%2002: 99.94%2003: 99.94%2004: 99.87%2005: 99.87%2006: 99.87%2007: 99.87%2008: 99.74%2009: 99.54%2010: 99.45%2011: 99.44%2012: 99.26%2013: 98.95%2014: 98.28%2015: 98.27%2016: 97.85%2017: 97.6%2018: 97.57%2019: 97.57%2020: 97.57%2021: 97.57%
Change over the period: −2.35 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Marshall Islands 97.57%
World 2.77%
Oil share of electricity — Marshall Islands, by year Marshall Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 97.57 +0 pp
2020 97.57 +0 pp
2019 97.57 +0 pp
2018 97.57 −0.02 pp
2017 97.6 −0.26 pp
2016 97.85 −0.42 pp
2015 98.27 −0.01 pp
2014 98.28 −0.67 pp
2013 98.95 −0.31 pp
2012 99.26 −0.18 pp
2011 99.44 −0.01 pp
2010 99.45 −0.09 pp
2009 99.54 −0.2 pp
2008 99.74 −0.13 pp
2007 99.87 +0 pp
2006 99.87 −0 pp
2005 99.87 −0 pp
2004 99.87 −0.07 pp
2003 99.94 +0 pp
2002 99.94 +0.01 pp
2001 99.93 +0 pp
2000 99.93

Micronesia, 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.