Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — OPEC

Oil share of electricity in OPEC in 2023 — 24.57%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.03 pp.

2023 24.57% −0.55 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 35.35%2014
Period minimum 23.27%2020

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — OPEC, 2000–202320253035402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 33.6%2001: 32.27%2002: 31.78%2003: 31.25%2004: 30.5%2005: 27.91%2006: 28.84%2007: 28.93%2008: 29.21%2009: 31.02%2010: 31.75%2011: 33.59%2012: 34.37%2013: 35.2%2014: 35.35%2015: 33%2016: 28.55%2017: 25.55%2018: 23.74%2019: 24.27%2020: 23.27%2021: 23.64%2022: 25.13%2023: 24.57%
Change over the period: −9.03 pp Annual average: -0.39 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 24.57%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 24.57 −0.55 pp
2022 25.13 +1.49 pp
2021 23.64 +0.36 pp
2020 23.27 −1 pp
2019 24.27 +0.53 pp
2018 23.74 −1.8 pp
2017 25.55 −3 pp
2016 28.55 −4.45 pp
2015 33 −2.34 pp
2014 35.35 +0.15 pp
2013 35.2 +0.83 pp
2012 34.37 +0.78 pp
2011 33.59 +1.84 pp
2010 31.75 +0.73 pp
2009 31.02 +1.81 pp
2008 29.21 +0.28 pp
2007 28.93 +0.09 pp
2006 28.84 +0.93 pp
2005 27.91 −2.59 pp
2004 30.5 −0.75 pp
2003 31.25 −0.52 pp
2002 31.78 −0.49 pp
2001 32.27 −1.33 pp
2000 33.6

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.