Oil share of electricity in Melanesia in 2021 — 36.87%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 18.39 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Melanesia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36.87 | −0.5 pp |
| 2020 | 37.36 | −2.14 pp |
| 2019 | 39.51 | −9.91 pp |
| 2018 | 49.41 | +0.36 pp |
| 2017 | 49.05 | −2.35 pp |
| 2016 | 51.4 | −1.09 pp |
| 2015 | 52.49 | −3.27 pp |
| 2014 | 55.76 | +3.87 pp |
| 2013 | 51.89 | +0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 51.59 | −0.71 pp |
| 2011 | 52.3 | −0.81 pp |
| 2010 | 53.11 | −0.99 pp |
| 2009 | 54.1 | +3.01 pp |
| 2008 | 51.09 | −4.16 pp |
| 2007 | 55.25 | −4.98 pp |
| 2006 | 60.24 | +1.79 pp |
| 2005 | 58.45 | +1.17 pp |
| 2004 | 57.28 | −1.4 pp |
| 2003 | 58.68 | +1.13 pp |
| 2002 | 57.55 | +1.22 pp |
| 2001 | 56.33 | +1.07 pp |
| 2000 | 55.26 | — |
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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