Oil share of electricity in Western Europe in 2024 — 0.98%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.23 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.98 | −0.03 pp |
| 2023 | 1.01 | +0 pp |
| 2022 | 1.01 | +0.18 pp |
| 2021 | 0.83 | −0.02 pp |
| 2020 | 0.86 | +0.02 pp |
| 2019 | 0.84 | −0.01 pp |
| 2018 | 0.85 | −0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 0.95 | −0.03 pp |
| 2016 | 0.98 | −0.01 pp |
| 2015 | 0.99 | +0.01 pp |
| 2014 | 0.98 | −0.04 pp |
| 2013 | 1.02 | −0.09 pp |
| 2012 | 1.12 | −0.02 pp |
| 2011 | 1.14 | +0.03 pp |
| 2010 | 1.11 | −0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 1.2 | −0.02 pp |
| 2008 | 1.22 | −0.12 pp |
| 2007 | 1.34 | −0.19 pp |
| 2006 | 1.53 | −0.17 pp |
| 2005 | 1.7 | +0.16 pp |
| 2004 | 1.54 | +0.01 pp |
| 2003 | 1.53 | +0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 1.04 | −0.15 pp |
| 2001 | 1.18 | −0.04 pp |
| 2000 | 1.22 | — |
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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