Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Serbia

Oil share of electricity in Serbia in 2023 — 0.05%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.69 pp.

2023 0.05% +0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank 13of 136
Period maximum 4.91%1991
Period minimum 0.03%2013

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Serbia, 1990–202302461990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 4.74%1991: 4.91%1992: 1.78%1993: 0.98%1994: 0.76%1995: 0.75%1996: 1.27%1997: 1.58%1998: 0.87%1999: 1.18%2000: 0.97%2001: 0.96%2002: 0.73%2003: 0.77%2004: 0.39%2005: 1.87%2006: 0.89%2007: 1.38%2008: 0.46%2009: 0.27%2010: 0.29%2011: 0.18%2012: 0.18%2013: 0.03%2014: 0.03%2015: 0.07%2016: 0.13%2017: 0.13%2018: 0.14%2019: 0.06%2020: 0.04%2021: 0.03%2022: 0.04%2023: 0.05%
Change over the period: −4.69 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Serbia 0.05%
World 2.51%
Southern Europe computed 3.49%
Oil share of electricity — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.05 +0.01 pp
2022 0.04 +0.01 pp
2021 0.03 −0.01 pp
2020 0.04 −0.02 pp
2019 0.06 −0.08 pp
2018 0.14 +0.01 pp
2017 0.13 −0 pp
2016 0.13 +0.06 pp
2015 0.07 +0.04 pp
2014 0.03 +0 pp
2013 0.03 −0.16 pp
2012 0.18 +0 pp
2011 0.18 −0.11 pp
2010 0.29 +0.02 pp
2009 0.27 −0.19 pp
2008 0.46 −0.92 pp
2007 1.38 +0.49 pp
2006 0.89 −0.98 pp
2005 1.87 +1.48 pp
2004 0.39 −0.38 pp
2003 0.77 +0.04 pp
2002 0.73 −0.23 pp
2001 0.96 −0.01 pp
2000 0.97 −0.21 pp
1999 1.18 +0.31 pp
1998 0.87 −0.71 pp
1997 1.58 +0.31 pp
1996 1.27 +0.51 pp
1995 0.75 −0 pp
1994 0.76 −0.23 pp
1993 0.98 −0.79 pp
1992 1.78 −3.14 pp
1991 4.91 +0.17 pp
1990 4.74

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.