Based on a comparison of 129 countries in 2017, Eritrea ranked the highest in electricity production from oil sources as a percentage of total with 99.5% followed by South Sudan and Lebanon. On the other end of the scale was Paraguay with 0.002%, New Zealand with 0.002% and South Africa with 0.011%.
Average electricity production from oil sources as a percentage of total reached 3.46% in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 11.2 % less than in the previous year and -40.9 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average electricity production from oil sources as a percentage of total reached an all time high of 21.2% in 1973 and an all time low of 3.28% in 2015. The average annual growth amounted to -3.53 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Electricity Production from Oil Sources (As % of Total) indicator page.
| Electricity Production from Oil Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Benin | % | 99.2% | 99.1% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | 99.4% | 98.6% | 96.4% | 94.6% | 92.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | % | 58.7% | 54.8% | 54.6% | 50.1% | 49.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 99.3% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | % | 71.3% | 69.8% | 87.2% | 79.9% | 86.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 55.2% | 52.2% | 51.9% | 49.5% | 52.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamaica | % | 92.6% | 92.3% | 91.3% | 89.1% | 90.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 8.53% | 28.3% | 72.5% | 81.0% | 74.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 71.2% | 65.4% | 62.0% | 63.8% | 60.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 94.1% | 88.4% | 95.1% | 93.2% | 92.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 100% | 100.0% | 99.5% | 98.9% | 98.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.7% | 30.0% | 25.4% | 36.3% | 45.8% | |||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 86.4% | 83.6% | 84.0% | 82.7% | 83.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.6% | 99.6% | ||
| Yemen | % | 99.9% | 73.4% | 78.4% | 68.6% | 68.0% |
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