Oil share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 1.51%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.23 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.51 | −0.11 pp |
| 2022 | 1.63 | −0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 1.73 | +0.12 pp |
| 2020 | 1.61 | −0.13 pp |
| 2019 | 1.74 | −0.17 pp |
| 2018 | 1.91 | −0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 2.11 | −0.23 pp |
| 2016 | 2.34 | −0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 2.79 | −0.16 pp |
| 2014 | 2.95 | −0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 3.05 | −0.08 pp |
| 2012 | 3.13 | −0.15 pp |
| 2011 | 3.28 | −0.12 pp |
| 2010 | 3.4 | −0.17 pp |
| 2009 | 3.57 | −0.49 pp |
| 2008 | 4.06 | −0.39 pp |
| 2007 | 4.45 | −0.67 pp |
| 2006 | 5.13 | −0.94 pp |
| 2005 | 6.07 | −1.16 pp |
| 2004 | 7.23 | −0.04 pp |
| 2003 | 7.26 | −1.03 pp |
| 2002 | 8.29 | −0.62 pp |
| 2001 | 8.91 | −0.82 pp |
| 2000 | 9.74 | — |
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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