Oil share of electricity in the Caribbean in 2021 — 47.15%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 35.54 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.15 | −2.84 pp |
| 2020 | 49.99 | −2.93 pp |
| 2019 | 52.92 | −5.29 pp |
| 2018 | 58.21 | +1.05 pp |
| 2017 | 57.16 | −2.65 pp |
| 2016 | 59.82 | −0.91 pp |
| 2015 | 60.73 | +2.04 pp |
| 2014 | 58.69 | −1.09 pp |
| 2013 | 59.78 | −3.67 pp |
| 2012 | 63.44 | −2.79 pp |
| 2011 | 66.23 | −0.34 pp |
| 2010 | 66.58 | −0.27 pp |
| 2009 | 66.85 | −0.27 pp |
| 2008 | 67.12 | −1.7 pp |
| 2007 | 68.82 | −1.56 pp |
| 2006 | 70.38 | −2.03 pp |
| 2005 | 72.42 | −0.59 pp |
| 2004 | 73 | −1.27 pp |
| 2003 | 74.27 | −6.18 pp |
| 2002 | 80.46 | −1.94 pp |
| 2001 | 82.4 | −0.29 pp |
| 2000 | 82.68 | — |
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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