Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — NATO

Oil share of electricity in NATO in 2024 — 0.92%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.06 pp.

2024 0.92% −0.07 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.11%2001
Period minimum 0.92%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — NATO, 2000–202402462000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 3.98%2001: 4.11%2002: 3.84%2003: 4.07%2004: 3.71%2005: 3.46%2006: 2.59%2007: 2.35%2008: 2.02%2009: 1.9%2010: 1.6%2011: 1.38%2012: 1.31%2013: 1.24%2014: 1.24%2015: 1.27%2016: 1.2%2017: 1.1%2018: 1.15%2019: 1.04%2020: 1.03%2021: 0.96%2022: 1.18%2023: 0.99%2024: 0.92%
Change over the period: −3.06 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 0.92%
World 1.34%
Oil share of electricity — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.92 −0.07 pp
2023 0.99 −0.19 pp
2022 1.18 +0.22 pp
2021 0.96 −0.07 pp
2020 1.03 −0.01 pp
2019 1.04 −0.11 pp
2018 1.15 +0.05 pp
2017 1.1 −0.1 pp
2016 1.2 −0.07 pp
2015 1.27 +0.03 pp
2014 1.24 +0 pp
2013 1.24 −0.07 pp
2012 1.31 −0.08 pp
2011 1.38 −0.22 pp
2010 1.6 −0.3 pp
2009 1.9 −0.12 pp
2008 2.02 −0.33 pp
2007 2.35 −0.24 pp
2006 2.59 −0.87 pp
2005 3.46 −0.25 pp
2004 3.71 −0.36 pp
2003 4.07 +0.22 pp
2002 3.84 −0.27 pp
2001 4.11 +0.14 pp
2000 3.98

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.