Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Northern Europe

Oil share of electricity in Northern Europe in 2024 — 0.41%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.08 pp.

2024 0.41% +0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.48%2000
Period minimum 0.38%2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Northern Europe, 2000–202401232000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2.48%2001: 2.22%2002: 2.06%2003: 1.79%2004: 1.51%2005: 1.46%2006: 1.58%2007: 1.21%2008: 1.38%2009: 1.27%2010: 1.2%2011: 0.74%2012: 0.69%2013: 0.54%2014: 0.49%2015: 0.52%2016: 0.52%2017: 0.43%2018: 0.44%2019: 0.42%2020: 0.39%2021: 0.62%2022: 0.65%2023: 0.38%2024: 0.41%
Change over the period: −2.08 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 0.41%
World 1.34%
Oil share of electricity — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.41 +0.02 pp
2023 0.38 −0.27 pp
2022 0.65 +0.03 pp
2021 0.62 +0.23 pp
2020 0.39 −0.03 pp
2019 0.42 −0.02 pp
2018 0.44 +0.01 pp
2017 0.43 −0.09 pp
2016 0.52 +0 pp
2015 0.52 +0.03 pp
2014 0.49 −0.06 pp
2013 0.54 −0.15 pp
2012 0.69 −0.05 pp
2011 0.74 −0.46 pp
2010 1.2 −0.06 pp
2009 1.27 −0.12 pp
2008 1.38 +0.17 pp
2007 1.21 −0.36 pp
2006 1.58 +0.11 pp
2005 1.46 −0.05 pp
2004 1.51 −0.27 pp
2003 1.79 −0.27 pp
2002 2.06 −0.16 pp
2001 2.22 −0.26 pp
2000 2.48

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.