Oil share of electricity in Mercosur in 2023 — 2.02%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.69 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.02 | −0.99 pp |
| 2022 | 3.01 | −1.02 pp |
| 2021 | 4.04 | +1.65 pp |
| 2020 | 2.38 | +0.53 pp |
| 2019 | 1.85 | −0.67 pp |
| 2018 | 2.52 | −1 pp |
| 2017 | 3.52 | −1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 4.62 | −2.06 pp |
| 2015 | 6.68 | −0.36 pp |
| 2014 | 7.04 | +0.94 pp |
| 2013 | 6.1 | +0.54 pp |
| 2012 | 5.56 | +0.58 pp |
| 2011 | 4.98 | +0.22 pp |
| 2010 | 4.77 | +0.52 pp |
| 2009 | 4.25 | −1.01 pp |
| 2008 | 5.26 | +1.05 pp |
| 2007 | 4.21 | +0.53 pp |
| 2006 | 3.68 | +0.49 pp |
| 2005 | 3.19 | −0.05 pp |
| 2004 | 3.24 | +0.9 pp |
| 2003 | 2.34 | −0.61 pp |
| 2002 | 2.95 | −0.67 pp |
| 2001 | 3.62 | −0.08 pp |
| 2000 | 3.71 | — |
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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