Oil share of electricity in Middle Africa in 2023 — 8.03%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.31 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.03 | −0.93 pp |
| 2022 | 8.95 | +0.11 pp |
| 2021 | 8.84 | −0.29 pp |
| 2020 | 9.13 | −1.31 pp |
| 2019 | 10.45 | −1.57 pp |
| 2018 | 12.02 | −2.32 pp |
| 2017 | 14.34 | −4.7 pp |
| 2016 | 19.04 | −3.14 pp |
| 2015 | 22.19 | +1.65 pp |
| 2014 | 20.53 | +2.42 pp |
| 2013 | 18.11 | +3.78 pp |
| 2012 | 14.34 | +0.7 pp |
| 2011 | 13.64 | −1.16 pp |
| 2010 | 14.8 | −0.95 pp |
| 2009 | 15.75 | +3.7 pp |
| 2008 | 12.05 | −0.37 pp |
| 2007 | 12.42 | +3.86 pp |
| 2006 | 8.56 | +1 pp |
| 2005 | 7.56 | +0.16 pp |
| 2004 | 7.41 | −2.14 pp |
| 2003 | 9.55 | +1.07 pp |
| 2002 | 8.48 | +0.52 pp |
| 2001 | 7.95 | +0.24 pp |
| 2000 | 7.72 | — |
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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