Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Trinidad and Tobago

Oil share of electricity in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023 — 0.37%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.28 pp.

2023 0.37% −0 pp vs 2022
World rank 32of 136
Period maximum 0.38%2019
Period minimum 0%1994

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Trinidad and Tobago, 1990–202300.10.20.30.41990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.08%1991: 0.08%1992: 0.08%1993: 0.08%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0.23%1999: 0.17%2000: 0.05%2001: 0.05%2002: 0.05%2003: 0.09%2004: 0.14%2005: 0.17%2006: 0.21%2007: 0.23%2008: 0.27%2009: 0.31%2010: 0.28%2011: 0.27%2012: 0.26%2013: 0.25%2014: 0.25%2015: 0.25%2016: 0.36%2017: 0.35%2018: 0.36%2019: 0.38%2020: 0.38%2021: 0.38%2022: 0.37%2023: 0.37%
Change over the period: +0.28 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago 0.37%
World 2.51%
Oil share of electricity — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.37 −0 pp
2022 0.37 −0.01 pp
2021 0.38 −0 pp
2020 0.38 −0 pp
2019 0.38 +0.02 pp
2018 0.36 +0 pp
2017 0.35 −0.01 pp
2016 0.36 +0.11 pp
2015 0.25 −0 pp
2014 0.25 +0 pp
2013 0.25 −0.01 pp
2012 0.26 −0.01 pp
2011 0.27 −0.01 pp
2010 0.28 −0.02 pp
2009 0.31 +0.03 pp
2008 0.27 +0.04 pp
2007 0.23 +0.03 pp
2006 0.21 +0.04 pp
2005 0.17 +0.03 pp
2004 0.14 +0.05 pp
2003 0.09 +0.04 pp
2002 0.05 +0 pp
2001 0.05 −0 pp
2000 0.05 −0.12 pp
1999 0.17 −0.06 pp
1998 0.23 +0.23 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 −0.08 pp
1993 0.08 +0 pp
1992 0.08 −0.01 pp
1991 0.08 −0 pp
1990 0.08

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.