Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Northern Africa

Oil share of electricity in Northern Africa in 2023 — 9.08%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.41 pp.

2023 9.08% +0.56 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 20.77%2004
Period minimum 4.42%2020

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Northern Africa, 2000–202301020302000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 18.49%2001: 15.6%2002: 16.47%2003: 15.44%2004: 20.77%2005: 18.78%2006: 18.49%2007: 17.53%2008: 19.71%2009: 19.58%2010: 15.87%2011: 13.24%2012: 15.87%2013: 16.45%2014: 17.12%2015: 18.01%2016: 13.51%2017: 11.35%2018: 7.65%2019: 6.46%2020: 4.42%2021: 7.17%2022: 8.52%2023: 9.08%
Change over the period: −9.41 pp Annual average: -0.41 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa

Northern Africa 9.08%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.08 +0.56 pp
2022 8.52 +1.36 pp
2021 7.17 +2.74 pp
2020 4.42 −2.04 pp
2019 6.46 −1.18 pp
2018 7.65 −3.7 pp
2017 11.35 −2.16 pp
2016 13.51 −4.5 pp
2015 18.01 +0.89 pp
2014 17.12 +0.67 pp
2013 16.45 +0.57 pp
2012 15.87 +2.64 pp
2011 13.24 −2.64 pp
2010 15.87 −3.7 pp
2009 19.58 −0.14 pp
2008 19.71 +2.18 pp
2007 17.53 −0.96 pp
2006 18.49 −0.29 pp
2005 18.78 −1.99 pp
2004 20.77 +5.33 pp
2003 15.44 −1.04 pp
2002 16.47 +0.88 pp
2001 15.6 −2.89 pp
2000 18.49

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.