Oil share of electricity in Western Asia in 2023 — 21.76%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 15.82 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.76 | −0.19 pp |
| 2022 | 21.96 | +1.69 pp |
| 2021 | 20.27 | −0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 20.96 | −0.66 pp |
| 2019 | 21.63 | −0.13 pp |
| 2018 | 21.76 | −2.52 pp |
| 2017 | 24.28 | −1.93 pp |
| 2016 | 26.21 | −4.16 pp |
| 2015 | 30.37 | −1.14 pp |
| 2014 | 31.51 | +2.14 pp |
| 2013 | 29.37 | −1.1 pp |
| 2012 | 30.47 | +1.53 pp |
| 2011 | 28.94 | +0.95 pp |
| 2010 | 27.99 | −0.04 pp |
| 2009 | 28.03 | +0.01 pp |
| 2008 | 28.02 | +0.04 pp |
| 2007 | 27.98 | +0.17 pp |
| 2006 | 27.81 | −0.59 pp |
| 2005 | 28.4 | −3.01 pp |
| 2004 | 31.41 | −2.11 pp |
| 2003 | 33.52 | −0.68 pp |
| 2002 | 34.2 | −0.34 pp |
| 2001 | 34.53 | −3.05 pp |
| 2000 | 37.58 | — |
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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