Oil share of electricity in the United States in 2024 — 0.67%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.39 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.67 | −0.08 pp |
| 2023 | 0.74 | −0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 0.95 | +0.12 pp |
| 2021 | 0.83 | −0.05 pp |
| 2020 | 0.88 | +0.06 pp |
| 2019 | 0.81 | −0.15 pp |
| 2018 | 0.96 | +0.21 pp |
| 2017 | 0.76 | −0.05 pp |
| 2016 | 0.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 0.9 | −0.02 pp |
| 2014 | 0.92 | +0.06 pp |
| 2013 | 0.86 | +0.09 pp |
| 2012 | 0.77 | −0.14 pp |
| 2011 | 0.91 | −0.19 pp |
| 2010 | 1.1 | −0.11 pp |
| 2009 | 1.2 | −0.12 pp |
| 2008 | 1.32 | −0.47 pp |
| 2007 | 1.8 | −0.03 pp |
| 2006 | 1.83 | −1.46 pp |
| 2005 | 3.29 | −0.04 pp |
| 2004 | 3.33 | −0.03 pp |
| 2003 | 3.36 | +0.74 pp |
| 2002 | 2.62 | −0.73 pp |
| 2001 | 3.35 | +0.43 pp |
| 2000 | 2.92 | −0.56 pp |
| 1999 | 3.48 | −0.36 pp |
| 1998 | 3.84 | +0.91 pp |
| 1997 | 2.93 | +0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 2.63 | +0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 2.43 | −1.04 pp |
| 1994 | 3.47 | −0.25 pp |
| 1993 | 3.72 | +0.48 pp |
| 1992 | 3.24 | −0.64 pp |
| 1991 | 3.88 | −0.18 pp |
| 1990 | 4.06 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United States
0.67
Canada
0.8
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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