Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Nauru

Oil share of electricity in Nauru in 2021 — 90.18%. Ranked 180 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.82 pp.

2021 90.18% −3.13 pp vs 2020
World rank 180of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 90.18%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Nauru, 2000–20219092.59597.5100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 99.79%2007: 99.84%2008: 99.88%2009: 99.81%2010: 99.87%2011: 99.88%2012: 99.81%2013: 99.36%2014: 99.25%2015: 99.34%2016: 99.19%2017: 96.87%2018: 96.91%2019: 96.14%2020: 93.31%2021: 90.18%
Change over the period: −9.82 pp Annual average: -0.47 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Nauru 90.18%
World 2.77%
High-income countries computed 3.05%
Oil share of electricity — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 90.18 −3.13 pp
2020 93.31 −2.83 pp
2019 96.14 −0.77 pp
2018 96.91 +0.04 pp
2017 96.87 −2.32 pp
2016 99.19 −0.14 pp
2015 99.34 +0.09 pp
2014 99.25 −0.11 pp
2013 99.36 −0.45 pp
2012 99.81 −0.07 pp
2011 99.88 +0.01 pp
2010 99.87 +0.06 pp
2009 99.81 −0.06 pp
2008 99.88 +0.04 pp
2007 99.84 +0.04 pp
2006 99.79 −0.21 pp
2005 100 +0 pp
2004 100 +0 pp
2003 100 +0 pp
2002 100 +0 pp
2001 100 +0 pp
2000 100

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.