Oil share of electricity in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 41.15%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.87 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 41.15 | +0.01 pp |
| 2022 | 41.14 | −0.15 pp |
| 2021 | 41.29 | −0.29 pp |
| 2020 | 41.58 | −1.8 pp |
| 2019 | 43.38 | +1.39 pp |
| 2018 | 41.99 | −3.9 pp |
| 2017 | 45.89 | −7.19 pp |
| 2016 | 53.08 | −9.5 pp |
| 2015 | 62.58 | +0.49 pp |
| 2014 | 62.09 | +6.14 pp |
| 2013 | 55.95 | −3.48 pp |
| 2012 | 59.43 | +2.77 pp |
| 2011 | 56.66 | +2.8 pp |
| 2010 | 53.86 | −1.33 pp |
| 2009 | 55.19 | +4.01 pp |
| 2008 | 51.17 | +1.41 pp |
| 2007 | 49.76 | +3.02 pp |
| 2006 | 46.74 | +3.24 pp |
| 2005 | 43.51 | +0.45 pp |
| 2004 | 43.06 | −2.1 pp |
| 2003 | 45.16 | +1 pp |
| 2002 | 44.16 | −3.37 pp |
| 2001 | 47.53 | −6.44 pp |
| 2000 | 53.97 | −4.12 pp |
| 1999 | 58.09 | +0.57 pp |
| 1998 | 57.52 | +1.94 pp |
| 1997 | 55.58 | −0.28 pp |
| 1996 | 55.85 | +1.16 pp |
| 1995 | 54.69 | +2.29 pp |
| 1994 | 52.4 | −0.97 pp |
| 1993 | 53.37 | +0.33 pp |
| 1992 | 53.04 | +3.34 pp |
| 1991 | 49.7 | +0.68 pp |
| 1990 | 49.01 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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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