Oil share of electricity in Central America in 2023 — 9.41%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 34.42 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.41 | +1.37 pp |
| 2022 | 8.04 | −4.91 pp |
| 2021 | 12.95 | −1.15 pp |
| 2020 | 14.11 | −0.49 pp |
| 2019 | 14.6 | +0.72 pp |
| 2018 | 13.88 | +0.85 pp |
| 2017 | 13.03 | +0.29 pp |
| 2016 | 12.74 | +0.12 pp |
| 2015 | 12.62 | −1.08 pp |
| 2014 | 13.7 | −4.49 pp |
| 2013 | 18.18 | −1.76 pp |
| 2012 | 19.94 | +1.36 pp |
| 2011 | 18.58 | +0.17 pp |
| 2010 | 18.41 | −1.86 pp |
| 2009 | 20.27 | −0.69 pp |
| 2008 | 20.96 | −1.82 pp |
| 2007 | 22.78 | −1.02 pp |
| 2006 | 23.8 | −4.71 pp |
| 2005 | 28.51 | −1.48 pp |
| 2004 | 29.98 | −1.62 pp |
| 2003 | 31.6 | −3.18 pp |
| 2002 | 34.78 | −6.73 pp |
| 2001 | 41.51 | −2.32 pp |
| 2000 | 43.83 | — |
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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