Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Eastern Asia

Oil share of electricity in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 0.43%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.43 pp.

2023 0.43% −0.15 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 7.87%2000
Period minimum 0.43%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Eastern Asia, 2000–2023024682000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 7.87%2001: 6.62%2002: 6.85%2003: 6.59%2004: 5.94%2005: 5.28%2006: 3.97%2007: 4.3%2008: 3.38%2009: 2.28%2010: 2.11%2011: 2.79%2012: 3.22%2013: 2.5%2014: 1.79%2015: 1.51%2016: 1.31%2017: 1%2018: 0.79%2019: 0.61%2020: 0.54%2021: 0.58%2022: 0.59%2023: 0.43%
Change over the period: −7.43 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 0.43%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.43 −0.15 pp
2022 0.59 +0 pp
2021 0.58 +0.04 pp
2020 0.54 −0.07 pp
2019 0.61 −0.18 pp
2018 0.79 −0.21 pp
2017 1 −0.31 pp
2016 1.31 −0.2 pp
2015 1.51 −0.28 pp
2014 1.79 −0.71 pp
2013 2.5 −0.72 pp
2012 3.22 +0.43 pp
2011 2.79 +0.68 pp
2010 2.11 −0.17 pp
2009 2.28 −1.1 pp
2008 3.38 −0.92 pp
2007 4.3 +0.33 pp
2006 3.97 −1.31 pp
2005 5.28 −0.65 pp
2004 5.94 −0.66 pp
2003 6.59 −0.25 pp
2002 6.85 +0.23 pp
2001 6.62 −1.25 pp
2000 7.87

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.