Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Sint Maarten

Oil share of electricity in Sint Maarten in 2021 — 100%. Ranked 208 in the world out of 209.

2021 100% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 208of 209
Period maximum 100%2012
Period minimum 100%2012

Trend over time

2012–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Sint Maarten, 2012–2021809010011012020122013201420152016201720182019202020212012: 100%2013: 100%2014: 100%2015: 100%2016: 100%2017: 100%2018: 100%2019: 100%2020: 100%2021: 100%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Sint Maarten 100%
World 2.77%
Caribbean computed 47.15%
High-income countries computed 3.05%
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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.