Oil share of electricity in South Korea in 2024 — 1.15%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 16.12 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.15 | −0.05 pp |
| 2023 | 1.2 | −0.15 pp |
| 2022 | 1.35 | +0.04 pp |
| 2021 | 1.3 | +0.08 pp |
| 2020 | 1.23 | −0.36 pp |
| 2019 | 1.59 | −0.6 pp |
| 2018 | 2.19 | +0.14 pp |
| 2017 | 2.05 | −1.11 pp |
| 2016 | 3.16 | +0.88 pp |
| 2015 | 2.28 | −0.95 pp |
| 2014 | 3.22 | −0.75 pp |
| 2013 | 3.98 | +0.02 pp |
| 2012 | 3.95 | +0.79 pp |
| 2011 | 3.16 | −0.82 pp |
| 2010 | 3.99 | −0.55 pp |
| 2009 | 4.54 | +0.91 pp |
| 2008 | 3.63 | −2.58 pp |
| 2007 | 6.2 | +0.34 pp |
| 2006 | 5.86 | −0.85 pp |
| 2005 | 6.71 | −1.25 pp |
| 2004 | 7.96 | −1.18 pp |
| 2003 | 9.14 | −0.52 pp |
| 2002 | 9.66 | −1.85 pp |
| 2001 | 11.51 | −0.46 pp |
| 2000 | 11.96 | +6.13 pp |
| 1999 | 5.83 | −0.82 pp |
| 1998 | 6.65 | −11.45 pp |
| 1997 | 18.1 | −1.78 pp |
| 1996 | 19.88 | −2.7 pp |
| 1995 | 22.58 | −1.11 pp |
| 1994 | 23.68 | +0.5 pp |
| 1993 | 23.19 | −3.07 pp |
| 1992 | 26.26 | +3.6 pp |
| 1991 | 22.66 | +5.39 pp |
| 1990 | 17.27 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
South Korea
1.15
Japan
2.28
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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