Oil share of electricity in Southern Africa in 2023 — 3.48%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.46 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.48 | +1.03 pp |
| 2022 | 2.45 | +0.03 pp |
| 2021 | 2.42 | +1.5 pp |
| 2020 | 0.92 | +0.11 pp |
| 2019 | 0.81 | +0.14 pp |
| 2018 | 0.67 | +0.58 pp |
| 2017 | 0.09 | −0.18 pp |
| 2016 | 0.27 | −1.65 pp |
| 2015 | 1.92 | +0.44 pp |
| 2014 | 1.48 | +0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 1.43 | +0.68 pp |
| 2012 | 0.76 | +0.46 pp |
| 2011 | 0.3 | +0.22 pp |
| 2010 | 0.08 | +0.06 pp |
| 2009 | 0.02 | −0.04 pp |
| 2008 | 0.06 | −0.38 pp |
| 2007 | 0.44 | +0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 0.03 | −0 pp |
| 2005 | 0.04 | +0.01 pp |
| 2004 | 0.02 | +0 pp |
| 2003 | 0.02 | −0 pp |
| 2002 | 0.02 | +0 pp |
| 2001 | 0.02 | +0 pp |
| 2000 | 0.01 | — |
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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