Oil share of electricity in North Korea in 2023 — 2.94%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.69 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.94 | +0.79 pp |
| 2022 | 2.15 | +0.17 pp |
| 2021 | 1.98 | −1.56 pp |
| 2020 | 3.54 | −0.34 pp |
| 2019 | 3.88 | +0.81 pp |
| 2018 | 3.06 | −0.25 pp |
| 2017 | 3.32 | −0.62 pp |
| 2016 | 3.94 | −0.34 pp |
| 2015 | 4.28 | +1.56 pp |
| 2014 | 2.72 | +0.13 pp |
| 2013 | 2.59 | +0.02 pp |
| 2012 | 2.57 | −0.37 pp |
| 2011 | 2.93 | +0.53 pp |
| 2010 | 2.41 | −0.13 pp |
| 2009 | 2.54 | −0.83 pp |
| 2008 | 3.37 | −0.17 pp |
| 2007 | 3.54 | +0.69 pp |
| 2006 | 2.85 | −0.8 pp |
| 2005 | 3.64 | −0.89 pp |
| 2004 | 4.53 | −0.17 pp |
| 2003 | 4.7 | −0.43 pp |
| 2002 | 5.13 | +0.12 pp |
| 2001 | 5.01 | +0.9 pp |
| 2000 | 4.11 | −1.44 pp |
| 1999 | 5.55 | −0.52 pp |
| 1998 | 6.07 | +0.72 pp |
| 1997 | 5.35 | +0.5 pp |
| 1996 | 4.85 | +3.39 pp |
| 1995 | 1.46 | +1.32 pp |
| 1994 | 0.14 | +0.01 pp |
| 1993 | 0.13 | −0.32 pp |
| 1992 | 0.45 | −0.01 pp |
| 1991 | 0.47 | −3.16 pp |
| 1990 | 3.63 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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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