Oil share of electricity in Eastern Africa in 2021 — 7.46%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.94 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.46 | +0.21 pp |
| 2020 | 7.25 | −1.1 pp |
| 2019 | 8.35 | +0.21 pp |
| 2018 | 8.13 | −2.37 pp |
| 2017 | 10.5 | +2.34 pp |
| 2016 | 8.16 | −0.72 pp |
| 2015 | 8.88 | −0.9 pp |
| 2014 | 9.79 | −0.22 pp |
| 2013 | 10.01 | −0.43 pp |
| 2012 | 10.44 | −1.27 pp |
| 2011 | 11.71 | +0.47 pp |
| 2010 | 11.24 | −1.09 pp |
| 2009 | 12.34 | +1.33 pp |
| 2008 | 11.01 | +0.72 pp |
| 2007 | 10.29 | −1.14 pp |
| 2006 | 11.43 | +1.3 pp |
| 2005 | 10.12 | +0.66 pp |
| 2004 | 9.46 | +1.63 pp |
| 2003 | 7.83 | +0.19 pp |
| 2002 | 7.65 | −1.51 pp |
| 2001 | 9.15 | −3.24 pp |
| 2000 | 12.4 | — |
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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