Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Australia and New Zealand

Oil share of electricity in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 1.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.78 pp.

2024 1.5% −0.03 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.31%2015
Period minimum 0.52%2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Australia and New Zealand, 2000–202401232000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.72%2001: 0.79%2002: 0.91%2003: 0.65%2004: 0.52%2005: 1.05%2006: 1.12%2007: 1.01%2008: 1.46%2009: 1.24%2010: 2.05%2011: 1.95%2012: 1.29%2013: 2.19%2014: 1.73%2015: 2.31%2016: 1.86%2017: 1.75%2018: 1.59%2019: 1.6%2020: 1.47%2021: 1.52%2022: 1.48%2023: 1.53%2024: 1.5%
Change over the period: +0.78 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 1.5%
World 1.34%
Oil share of electricity — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.5 −0.03 pp
2023 1.53 +0.05 pp
2022 1.48 −0.03 pp
2021 1.52 +0.05 pp
2020 1.47 −0.14 pp
2019 1.6 +0.02 pp
2018 1.59 −0.16 pp
2017 1.75 −0.11 pp
2016 1.86 −0.44 pp
2015 2.31 +0.58 pp
2014 1.73 −0.47 pp
2013 2.19 +0.91 pp
2012 1.29 −0.67 pp
2011 1.95 −0.1 pp
2010 2.05 +0.81 pp
2009 1.24 −0.22 pp
2008 1.46 +0.45 pp
2007 1.01 −0.11 pp
2006 1.12 +0.07 pp
2005 1.05 +0.53 pp
2004 0.52 −0.12 pp
2003 0.65 −0.27 pp
2002 0.91 +0.12 pp
2001 0.79 +0.07 pp
2000 0.72

About the indicator

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.