Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Somalia

Oil share of electricity in Somalia in 2021 — 88.79%. Ranked 178 in the world out of 209. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.21 pp.

2021 88.79% −2.99 pp vs 2020
World rank 178of 209
Period maximum 100%2000
Period minimum 88.79%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Somalia, 2000–2021859095100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 100%2001: 100%2002: 100%2003: 100%2004: 100%2005: 100%2006: 100%2007: 100%2008: 100%2009: 100%2010: 100%2011: 100%2012: 98.88%2013: 98.91%2014: 98.87%2015: 98.54%2016: 96.63%2017: 95.37%2018: 95.3%2019: 95.3%2020: 91.78%2021: 88.79%
Change over the period: −11.21 pp Annual average: -0.53 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Somalia 88.79%
World 2.77%
Eastern Africa computed 7.46%
Low-income countries computed 19.47%
Oil share of electricity — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 88.79 −2.99 pp
2020 91.78 −3.53 pp
2019 95.3 +0 pp
2018 95.3 −0.07 pp
2017 95.37 −1.26 pp
2016 96.63 −1.91 pp
2015 98.54 −0.33 pp
2014 98.87 −0.04 pp
2013 98.91 +0.03 pp
2012 98.88 −1.12 pp
2011 100 +0 pp
2010 100 +0 pp
2009 100 +0 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.