Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Mozambique

Oil share of electricity in Mozambique in 2023 — 0.8%. Ranked 50 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 22.41 pp.

2023 0.8% +0.15 pp vs 2022
World rank 50of 136
Period maximum 23.21%1990
Period minimum 0%2012

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Mozambique, 1990–202301020301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 23.21%1991: 14.5%1992: 9.79%1993: 7.83%1994: 7.02%1995: 6.76%1996: 5.39%1997: 2.57%1998: 0.36%1999: 0.28%2000: 0.43%2001: 0.35%2002: 0.27%2003: 0.31%2004: 0.33%2005: 0.11%2006: 0.08%2007: 0.02%2008: 0.01%2009: 0.01%2010: 0.01%2011: 0.01%2012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0.04%2015: 0.1%2016: 2.25%2017: 3.68%2018: 1.48%2019: 0.73%2020: 0.73%2021: 0.9%2022: 0.64%2023: 0.8%
Change over the period: −22.41 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mozambique 0.8%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.8 +0.15 pp
2022 0.64 −0.25 pp
2021 0.9 +0.17 pp
2020 0.73 −0.01 pp
2019 0.73 −0.75 pp
2018 1.48 −2.2 pp
2017 3.68 +1.43 pp
2016 2.25 +2.15 pp
2015 0.1 +0.07 pp
2014 0.04 +0.03 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 −0.01 pp
2011 0.01 +0 pp
2010 0.01 +0 pp
2009 0.01 −0 pp
2008 0.01 −0.01 pp
2007 0.02 −0.06 pp
2006 0.08 −0.02 pp
2005 0.11 −0.23 pp
2004 0.33 +0.02 pp
2003 0.31 +0.04 pp
2002 0.27 −0.09 pp
2001 0.35 −0.08 pp
2000 0.43 +0.15 pp
1999 0.28 −0.08 pp
1998 0.36 −2.21 pp
1997 2.57 −2.82 pp
1996 5.39 −1.37 pp
1995 6.76 −0.25 pp
1994 7.02 −0.81 pp
1993 7.83 −1.96 pp
1992 9.79 −4.71 pp
1991 14.5 −8.71 pp
1990 23.21

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.