Oil share of electricity in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 20.47%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 20.32 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.47 | +4.77 pp |
| 2022 | 15.71 | −0.32 pp |
| 2021 | 16.03 | −10.03 pp |
| 2020 | 26.05 | −6.35 pp |
| 2019 | 32.4 | +8.23 pp |
| 2018 | 24.17 | −11.76 pp |
| 2017 | 35.93 | +3.9 pp |
| 2016 | 32.04 | +14.22 pp |
| 2015 | 17.82 | −17.28 pp |
| 2014 | 35.1 | +7.2 pp |
| 2013 | 27.9 | −31.06 pp |
| 2012 | 58.96 | +8.71 pp |
| 2011 | 50.25 | +3.36 pp |
| 2010 | 46.88 | −13.82 pp |
| 2009 | 60.7 | +2.24 pp |
| 2008 | 58.46 | −1.47 pp |
| 2007 | 59.93 | +8.93 pp |
| 2006 | 51 | −11.77 pp |
| 2005 | 62.77 | −1.09 pp |
| 2004 | 63.86 | +6.76 pp |
| 2003 | 57.1 | −4.72 pp |
| 2002 | 61.82 | +7.83 pp |
| 2001 | 53.99 | −0.21 pp |
| 2000 | 54.2 | +21.68 pp |
| 1999 | 32.52 | +1.41 pp |
| 1998 | 31.11 | −1.89 pp |
| 1997 | 33 | +4.79 pp |
| 1996 | 28.21 | +20.92 pp |
| 1995 | 7.29 | +0.5 pp |
| 1994 | 6.79 | +2.19 pp |
| 1993 | 4.6 | −13.48 pp |
| 1992 | 18.08 | +10.35 pp |
| 1991 | 7.73 | +7.57 pp |
| 1990 | 0.16 | — |
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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