Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Saint Lucia

Oil share of electricity in Saint Lucia in 2021 — 97.46%. Ranked 197 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.54 pp.

2021 97.46% +0.21 pp vs 2020
World rank 197of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 97.25%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Saint Lucia, 2000–2021979899100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 100%2007: 100%2008: 100%2009: 99.99%2010: 99.99%2011: 99.99%2012: 99.98%2013: 99.98%2014: 99.96%2015: 99.69%2016: 99.01%2017: 99.02%2018: 97.81%2019: 97.43%2020: 97.25%2021: 97.46%
Change over the period: −2.54 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Saint Lucia 97.46%
World 2.77%
Caribbean computed 47.15%
Oil share of electricity — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 97.46 +0.21 pp
2020 97.25 −0.18 pp
2019 97.43 −0.38 pp
2018 97.81 −1.21 pp
2017 99.02 +0.02 pp
2016 99.01 −0.69 pp
2015 99.69 −0.27 pp
2014 99.96 −0.02 pp
2013 99.98 −0 pp
2012 99.98 −0.01 pp
2011 99.99 +0 pp
2010 99.99 −0 pp
2009 99.99 −0.01 pp
2008 100 +0 pp
2007 100 +0 pp
2006 100 +0 pp
2005 100 +0 pp
2004 100 +0 pp
2003 100 +0 pp
2002 100 +0 pp
2001 100 +0 pp
2000 100

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.