Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Southern Europe

Oil share of electricity in Southern Europe in 2023 — 3.49%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 15.68 pp.

2023 3.49% −0.53 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 19.75%2002
Period minimum 3.11%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Southern Europe, 2000–2023051015202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 19.17%2001: 17.47%2002: 19.75%2003: 16.19%2004: 12.91%2005: 11.83%2006: 10.94%2007: 9.04%2008: 8.13%2009: 7.63%2010: 6.15%2011: 5.76%2012: 5.72%2013: 4.96%2014: 4.99%2015: 5.16%2016: 4.76%2017: 4.46%2018: 4.19%2019: 3.92%2020: 3.61%2021: 3.11%2022: 4.01%2023: 3.49%
Change over the period: −15.68 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 3.49%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3.49 −0.53 pp
2022 4.01 +0.91 pp
2021 3.11 −0.5 pp
2020 3.61 −0.32 pp
2019 3.92 −0.26 pp
2018 4.19 −0.28 pp
2017 4.46 −0.3 pp
2016 4.76 −0.4 pp
2015 5.16 +0.17 pp
2014 4.99 +0.03 pp
2013 4.96 −0.76 pp
2012 5.72 −0.03 pp
2011 5.76 −0.4 pp
2010 6.15 −1.48 pp
2009 7.63 −0.5 pp
2008 8.13 −0.91 pp
2007 9.04 −1.9 pp
2006 10.94 −0.89 pp
2005 11.83 −1.08 pp
2004 12.91 −3.27 pp
2003 16.19 −3.56 pp
2002 19.75 +2.28 pp
2001 17.47 −1.7 pp
2000 19.17

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.