Oil share of electricity in South Asia in 2023 — 1.38%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.89 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.38 | −0.31 pp |
| 2022 | 1.69 | +0.15 pp |
| 2021 | 1.54 | +0.34 pp |
| 2020 | 1.2 | −0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 1.4 | −0.27 pp |
| 2018 | 1.66 | −0.18 pp |
| 2017 | 1.84 | +0 pp |
| 2016 | 1.84 | +0.05 pp |
| 2015 | 1.79 | −0.35 pp |
| 2014 | 2.15 | +0.08 pp |
| 2013 | 2.07 | −0.25 pp |
| 2012 | 2.31 | +0.37 pp |
| 2011 | 1.94 | −0.57 pp |
| 2010 | 2.51 | −0.24 pp |
| 2009 | 2.75 | −0.77 pp |
| 2008 | 3.52 | +0.62 pp |
| 2007 | 2.9 | +0.07 pp |
| 2006 | 2.84 | −0.81 pp |
| 2005 | 3.65 | −0.53 pp |
| 2004 | 4.18 | −0.52 pp |
| 2003 | 4.7 | −0.08 pp |
| 2002 | 4.78 | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 4.58 | −0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 5.18 | +1.25 pp |
| 1999 | 3.93 | +0.17 pp |
| 1998 | 3.76 | −0.23 pp |
| 1997 | 3.99 | −0 pp |
| 1996 | 4 | +0.52 pp |
| 1995 | 3.47 | −0 pp |
| 1994 | 3.48 | +0 pp |
| 1993 | 3.48 | −0.54 pp |
| 1992 | 4.02 | +0.15 pp |
| 1991 | 3.87 | −0.4 pp |
| 1990 | 4.27 | — |
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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