Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Central Asia

Oil share of electricity in Central Asia in 2023 — 1.33%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.01 pp.

2023 1.33% +0.28 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.77%2006
Period minimum 0.23%2018

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Central Asia, 2000–202302462000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.34%2001: 4.96%2002: 5.26%2003: 4.36%2004: 3.15%2005: 3.7%2006: 5.77%2007: 5.39%2008: 2.69%2009: 1.35%2010: 0.88%2011: 0.7%2012: 0.66%2013: 0.47%2014: 0.65%2015: 0.7%2016: 1.01%2017: 0.44%2018: 0.23%2019: 0.34%2020: 0.24%2021: 1.61%2022: 1.06%2023: 1.33%
Change over the period: −4.01 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central Asia

Central Asia 1.33%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.33 +0.28 pp
2022 1.06 −0.56 pp
2021 1.61 +1.37 pp
2020 0.24 −0.1 pp
2019 0.34 +0.11 pp
2018 0.23 −0.21 pp
2017 0.44 −0.58 pp
2016 1.01 +0.31 pp
2015 0.7 +0.06 pp
2014 0.65 +0.18 pp
2013 0.47 −0.2 pp
2012 0.66 −0.04 pp
2011 0.7 −0.18 pp
2010 0.88 −0.47 pp
2009 1.35 −1.34 pp
2008 2.69 −2.7 pp
2007 5.39 −0.38 pp
2006 5.77 +2.07 pp
2005 3.7 +0.55 pp
2004 3.15 −1.21 pp
2003 4.36 −0.9 pp
2002 5.26 +0.31 pp
2001 4.96 −0.38 pp
2000 5.34

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.