Oil share of electricity — all countries

Oil share of electricity — Zimbabwe

Oil share of electricity in Zimbabwe in 2021 — 0%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 209.

2021 0% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 1of 209
Period maximum 2.8%2016
Period minimum 0%1990

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Oil share of electricity — Zimbabwe, 1990–202101231990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0.59%2000: 0.94%2001: 0.42%2002: 0.17%2003: 0.17%2004: 0.22%2005: 0.26%2006: 0.15%2007: 0.32%2008: 0.39%2009: 0.29%2010: 0.55%2011: 0.75%2012: 0.62%2013: 0.66%2014: 0.57%2015: 0.53%2016: 2.8%2017: 0.64%2018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 0%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Zimbabwe 0%
World 2.77%
Eastern Africa computed 7.46%
Oil share of electricity — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0 +0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 −0.64 pp
2017 0.64 −2.17 pp
2016 2.8 +2.28 pp
2015 0.53 −0.04 pp
2014 0.57 −0.09 pp
2013 0.66 +0.04 pp
2012 0.62 −0.13 pp
2011 0.75 +0.19 pp
2010 0.55 +0.26 pp
2009 0.29 −0.11 pp
2008 0.39 +0.08 pp
2007 0.32 +0.16 pp
2006 0.15 −0.11 pp
2005 0.26 +0.04 pp
2004 0.22 +0.05 pp
2003 0.17 −0 pp
2002 0.17 −0.24 pp
2001 0.42 −0.53 pp
2000 0.94 +0.35 pp
1999 0.59 +0.59 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 +0 pp
1991 0 +0 pp
1990 0

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.