Oil share of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 8.79%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.19 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.79 | +2.54 pp |
| 2023 | 6.25 | +0.24 pp |
| 2022 | 6.01 | −0.97 pp |
| 2021 | 6.99 | +0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 6.28 | −0.35 pp |
| 2019 | 6.64 | −0.29 pp |
| 2018 | 6.93 | −0.43 pp |
| 2017 | 7.35 | +0.21 pp |
| 2016 | 7.15 | −0.37 pp |
| 2015 | 7.51 | +0.66 pp |
| 2014 | 6.85 | +0.35 pp |
| 2013 | 6.5 | +0.61 pp |
| 2012 | 5.9 | +0.99 pp |
| 2011 | 4.9 | +0.09 pp |
| 2010 | 4.82 | −0.72 pp |
| 2009 | 5.53 | +0.23 pp |
| 2008 | 5.3 | −0.18 pp |
| 2007 | 5.49 | +0.64 pp |
| 2006 | 4.85 | +0.77 pp |
| 2005 | 4.07 | +0.31 pp |
| 2004 | 3.76 | −0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 3.96 | +0.04 pp |
| 2002 | 3.92 | +0.07 pp |
| 2001 | 3.85 | +0.08 pp |
| 2000 | 3.77 | +0.82 pp |
| 1999 | 2.95 | +0.33 pp |
| 1998 | 2.62 | +0.36 pp |
| 1997 | 2.26 | −0.84 pp |
| 1996 | 3.1 | −0.38 pp |
| 1995 | 3.48 | +0.56 pp |
| 1994 | 2.92 | +0.12 pp |
| 1993 | 2.81 | −0 pp |
| 1992 | 2.81 | +0.35 pp |
| 1991 | 2.46 | −0.15 pp |
| 1990 | 2.61 | — |
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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