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Oil share of electricity — Nigeria

Oil share of electricity in Nigeria in 2021 — 0.04%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 209. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 13.63 pp.

2021 0.04% −0 pp vs 2020
World rank 20of 209
Period maximum 20.4%1996
Period minimum 0%1997

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Nigeria, 1990–202101020301990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 13.67%1991: 11.61%1992: 14.38%1993: 13.46%1994: 11.01%1995: 19.08%1996: 20.4%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0%2000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 0%2012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0%2015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%2018: 0%2019: 0.05%2020: 0.04%2021: 0.04%
Change over the period: −13.63 pp Annual average: -0.44 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Nigeria 0.04%
World 2.77%
Sub-Saharan Africa 6.99%
Western Africa computed 13.24%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 4.44%
Oil share of electricity — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.04 −0 pp
2020 0.04 −0 pp
2019 0.05 +0.05 pp
2018 0 +0 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 +0 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0 +0 pp
1999 0 +0 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 −20.4 pp
1996 20.4 +1.31 pp
1995 19.08 +8.07 pp
1994 11.01 −2.45 pp
1993 13.46 −0.91 pp
1992 14.38 +2.77 pp
1991 11.61 −2.06 pp
1990 13.67 —

Western Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NG Nigeria 0.04 TG Togo 0.64 CI Côte d'Ivoire 2.55 GH Ghana 2.74 GN Guinea 11.87 BJ Benin 19.45 SL Sierra Leone 24.72 ML Mali 37.71 LR Liberia 42.58 SN Senegal 76.29 NE Niger 77.08 MR Mauritania 80.64 BF Burkina Faso 81.73 CV Cabo Verde 81.73 GW Guinea-Bissau 92.91 GM Gambia 98.4
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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.

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