Oil share of electricity in Western Africa in 2021 — 13.24%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.98 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13.24 | −1.11 pp |
| 2020 | 14.35 | −1.75 pp |
| 2019 | 16.1 | −1.66 pp |
| 2018 | 17.76 | −2.25 pp |
| 2017 | 20 | +0.52 pp |
| 2016 | 19.48 | +3.67 pp |
| 2015 | 15.81 | −0.99 pp |
| 2014 | 16.8 | −1.08 pp |
| 2013 | 17.89 | +0.82 pp |
| 2012 | 17.07 | +3.26 pp |
| 2011 | 13.81 | −2.88 pp |
| 2010 | 16.68 | −2.16 pp |
| 2009 | 18.84 | −0.13 pp |
| 2008 | 18.98 | −2.14 pp |
| 2007 | 21.11 | +2.39 pp |
| 2006 | 18.72 | +3.97 pp |
| 2005 | 14.75 | +1.7 pp |
| 2004 | 13.05 | −4.59 pp |
| 2003 | 17.64 | +1.13 pp |
| 2002 | 16.51 | +0.21 pp |
| 2001 | 16.3 | +2.09 pp |
| 2000 | 14.21 | — |
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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