Oil share of electricity in the world in 2024 — 1.34%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 9.58 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.34 | −1.17 pp |
| 2023 | 2.51 | −0.17 pp |
| 2022 | 2.68 | −0.09 pp |
| 2021 | 2.77 | +0.09 pp |
| 2020 | 2.69 | −0.12 pp |
| 2019 | 2.81 | −0.15 pp |
| 2018 | 2.96 | −0.34 pp |
| 2017 | 3.3 | −0.46 pp |
| 2016 | 3.76 | −0.48 pp |
| 2015 | 4.24 | −0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 4.44 | −0.22 pp |
| 2013 | 4.66 | −0.34 pp |
| 2012 | 5 | +0.24 pp |
| 2011 | 4.76 | +0.28 pp |
| 2010 | 4.47 | −0.28 pp |
| 2009 | 4.76 | −0.34 pp |
| 2008 | 5.1 | −0.31 pp |
| 2007 | 5.41 | −0.05 pp |
| 2006 | 5.46 | −0.67 pp |
| 2005 | 6.13 | −0.35 pp |
| 2004 | 6.48 | −0.32 pp |
| 2003 | 6.8 | −0.21 pp |
| 2002 | 7 | −0.28 pp |
| 2001 | 7.29 | −0.36 pp |
| 2000 | 7.65 | −0.43 pp |
| 1999 | 8.08 | −0.47 pp |
| 1998 | 8.55 | +0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 8.44 | −0.18 pp |
| 1996 | 8.63 | −0.38 pp |
| 1995 | 9.01 | −0.51 pp |
| 1994 | 9.52 | −0.11 pp |
| 1993 | 9.63 | −0.74 pp |
| 1992 | 10.37 | −0.27 pp |
| 1991 | 10.64 | −0.28 pp |
| 1990 | 10.92 | — |
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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