Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Norway

Oil share of electricity in Norway in 2024 — 0.02%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.02 pp.

2024 0.02% +0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank 5of 41
Period maximum 0.33%2017
Period minimum 0%1992

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Norway, 1990–202400.10.20.30.419901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 0%1991: 0.01%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0.01%1998: 0.01%1999: 0.01%2000: 0.01%2001: 0.01%2002: 0.02%2003: 0.03%2004: 0.03%2005: 0.02%2006: 0.02%2007: 0.03%2008: 0.02%2009: 0.02%2010: 0.08%2011: 0.29%2012: 0.29%2013: 0.32%2014: 0.29%2015: 0.29%2016: 0.28%2017: 0.33%2018: 0.3%2019: 0.25%2020: 0.14%2021: 0.25%2022: 0.12%2023: 0.01%2024: 0.02%
Change over the period: +0.02 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Norway 0.02%
World 1.34%
Northern Europe computed 0.41%
Oil share of electricity — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.02 +0.02 pp
2023 0.01 −0.12 pp
2022 0.12 −0.13 pp
2021 0.25 +0.11 pp
2020 0.14 −0.11 pp
2019 0.25 −0.04 pp
2018 0.3 −0.03 pp
2017 0.33 +0.04 pp
2016 0.28 −0.01 pp
2015 0.29 +0 pp
2014 0.29 −0.03 pp
2013 0.32 +0.02 pp
2012 0.29 −0 pp
2011 0.29 +0.22 pp
2010 0.08 +0.06 pp
2009 0.02 −0 pp
2008 0.02 −0 pp
2007 0.03 +0 pp
2006 0.02 +0.01 pp
2005 0.02 −0.01 pp
2004 0.03 −0 pp
2003 0.03 +0.01 pp
2002 0.02 +0.01 pp
2001 0.01 +0 pp
2000 0.01 −0 pp
1999 0.01 +0 pp
1998 0.01 −0 pp
1997 0.01 +0.01 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 −0.01 pp
1991 0.01 +0 pp
1990 0

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.