Electricity generation from oil in Maldives
Maldives: Electricity generation from oil was 0.79 terawatt-hours in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.79 terawatt-hours
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
88th
of 214 countries
All-time high
0.79 terawatt-hours
in 2021
All-time low
0.15 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Electricity generation from oil in Maldives, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2024, electricity generation from oil in Maldives stood at 0.79 terawatt-hours. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from oil in Maldives peaked at 0.79 terawatt-hours in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.15 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
That places Maldives 88th out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Electricity generation from oil in Maldives, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.15 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0.16 terawatt-hours | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 0.19 terawatt-hours | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 0.22 terawatt-hours | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 0.24 terawatt-hours | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 0.27 terawatt-hours | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.35 terawatt-hours | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 0.41 terawatt-hours | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 0.39 terawatt-hours | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.35 terawatt-hours | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 0.38 terawatt-hours | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4 terawatt-hours | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.42 terawatt-hours | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.53 terawatt-hours | +26.2% |
| 2015 | 0.61 terawatt-hours | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 0.66 terawatt-hours | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 0.71 terawatt-hours | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.76 terawatt-hours | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 0.78 terawatt-hours | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.78 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.79 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.79 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.79 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.79 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.79 terawatt-hours is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.57 terawatt-hours, 1.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.79 terawatt-hours is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.33 terawatt-hours, 59% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.269 terawatt-hours | 0.15 terawatt-hours | 0.41 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.56 terawatt-hours | 0.35 terawatt-hours | 0.78 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.788 terawatt-hours | 0.78 terawatt-hours | 0.79 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 85 Guadeloupe 0.86 terawatt-hours compare
- 86 Aruba 0.83 terawatt-hours compare
- 87 Suriname 0.8 terawatt-hours compare
- 89 Slovakia 0.73 terawatt-hours compare
- 90 Norway 0.71 terawatt-hours compare
- 91 Haiti 0.7 terawatt-hours compare
- 91 Niger 0.7 terawatt-hours compare
- 91 North Korea 0.7 terawatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for Maldives
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 20.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from oil in Maldives?
- Electricity generation from oil in Maldives was 0.79 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from oil recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.79 terawatt-hours in 2021.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from oil recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for electricity generation from oil?
- Maldives ranks 88th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity generation from oil rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.