Oil share of electricity in South Africa in 2023 — 3.54%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.54 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.54 | +1.07 pp |
| 2022 | 2.47 | +0.04 pp |
| 2021 | 2.43 | +1.53 pp |
| 2020 | 0.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 0.81 | +0.12 pp |
| 2018 | 0.68 | +0.6 pp |
| 2017 | 0.09 | −0.18 pp |
| 2016 | 0.27 | −1.64 pp |
| 2015 | 1.9 | +0.43 pp |
| 2014 | 1.47 | +0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 1.41 | +0.68 pp |
| 2012 | 0.74 | +0.47 pp |
| 2011 | 0.27 | +0.19 pp |
| 2010 | 0.08 | +0.06 pp |
| 2009 | 0.02 | −0.04 pp |
| 2008 | 0.06 | −0.38 pp |
| 2007 | 0.44 | +0.41 pp |
| 2006 | 0.02 | −0.01 pp |
| 2005 | 0.03 | +0.03 pp |
| 2004 | 0 | −0 pp |
| 2003 | 0 | −0 pp |
| 2002 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2001 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2000 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1999 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1998 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1997 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1996 | 0 | −0.21 pp |
| 1995 | 0.21 | +0.05 pp |
| 1994 | 0.16 | +0.16 pp |
| 1993 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1992 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1991 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
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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