Oil share of electricity in the OECD in 2024 — 1.31%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.73 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.31 | −0.13 pp |
| 2023 | 1.44 | −0.22 pp |
| 2022 | 1.66 | −0.01 pp |
| 2021 | 1.67 | +0.02 pp |
| 2020 | 1.65 | −0.04 pp |
| 2019 | 1.69 | −0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 1.88 | −0.05 pp |
| 2017 | 1.93 | −0.24 pp |
| 2016 | 2.17 | −0.17 pp |
| 2015 | 2.34 | −0.17 pp |
| 2014 | 2.51 | −0.57 pp |
| 2013 | 3.07 | −0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 3.57 | +0.38 pp |
| 2011 | 3.19 | +0.38 pp |
| 2010 | 2.81 | −0.27 pp |
| 2009 | 3.09 | −0.54 pp |
| 2008 | 3.63 | −0.55 pp |
| 2007 | 4.18 | +0.24 pp |
| 2006 | 3.94 | −1.09 pp |
| 2005 | 5.03 | −0.15 pp |
| 2004 | 5.18 | −0.49 pp |
| 2003 | 5.67 | +0.16 pp |
| 2002 | 5.51 | −0.26 pp |
| 2001 | 5.77 | −0.22 pp |
| 2000 | 5.99 | −0.53 pp |
| 1999 | 6.52 | −0.46 pp |
| 1998 | 6.98 | +0.02 pp |
| 1997 | 6.95 | −0.25 pp |
| 1996 | 7.2 | −0.28 pp |
| 1995 | 7.48 | −0.92 pp |
| 1994 | 8.4 | +0.34 pp |
| 1993 | 8.06 | −0.84 pp |
| 1992 | 8.9 | +0.01 pp |
| 1991 | 8.89 | −0.15 pp |
| 1990 | 9.04 | — |
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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