Oil share of electricity in South America in 2023 — 2.88%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.95 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.88 | −0.71 pp |
| 2022 | 3.59 | −0.85 pp |
| 2021 | 4.43 | +1.43 pp |
| 2020 | 3.01 | +0.09 pp |
| 2019 | 2.92 | −1.44 pp |
| 2018 | 4.36 | −0.46 pp |
| 2017 | 4.82 | −2.14 pp |
| 2016 | 6.96 | −1.29 pp |
| 2015 | 8.25 | −0.18 pp |
| 2014 | 8.43 | +0.76 pp |
| 2013 | 7.67 | +0.16 pp |
| 2012 | 7.51 | +0.54 pp |
| 2011 | 6.98 | −0.39 pp |
| 2010 | 7.37 | +0.47 pp |
| 2009 | 6.9 | −0.94 pp |
| 2008 | 7.84 | +0.89 pp |
| 2007 | 6.95 | +1.47 pp |
| 2006 | 5.48 | +0.19 pp |
| 2005 | 5.28 | +0.07 pp |
| 2004 | 5.21 | +0.43 pp |
| 2003 | 4.77 | −0.25 pp |
| 2002 | 5.03 | −0.04 pp |
| 2001 | 5.07 | +0.24 pp |
| 2000 | 4.82 | — |
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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