Oil share of electricity in Puerto Rico in 2021 — 36.96%. Ranked 142 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 51.26 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Puerto Rico
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36.96 | −13.5 pp |
| 2020 | 50.46 | +12.45 pp |
| 2019 | 38 | −10.03 pp |
| 2018 | 48.04 | −2.76 pp |
| 2017 | 50.8 | +3.65 pp |
| 2016 | 47.14 | −4.61 pp |
| 2015 | 51.75 | +3.71 pp |
| 2014 | 48.04 | −3.12 pp |
| 2013 | 51.16 | −9.44 pp |
| 2012 | 60.6 | −7.64 pp |
| 2011 | 68.24 | −2.03 pp |
| 2010 | 70.27 | +3.83 pp |
| 2009 | 66.45 | −1.53 pp |
| 2008 | 67.98 | −2.92 pp |
| 2007 | 70.9 | −0.75 pp |
| 2006 | 71.65 | −3.02 pp |
| 2005 | 74.67 | +0.29 pp |
| 2004 | 74.38 | +0.23 pp |
| 2003 | 74.15 | −8.01 pp |
| 2002 | 82.17 | −4.59 pp |
| 2001 | 86.75 | −1.47 pp |
| 2000 | 88.22 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Trinidad and Tobago
0.38
Jamaica
28.36
Dominican Republic
29.17
Puerto Rico
36.96
Curaçao
75.06
Dominica
79.71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
84.98
Aruba
85.2
Cuba
86.53
Haiti
89.77
Barbados
92.67
Antigua and Barbuda
94.34
Saint Kitts and Nevis
95.47
Cayman Islands
97.06
Saint Lucia
97.46
United States Virgin Islands
97.5
British Virgin Islands
97.75
Grenada
98.03
Turks and Caicos Islands
98.52
Saint Martin
99.19
Bahamas
99.3
Sint Maarten
100
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.