Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Curacao
Curacao: Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) was 78.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Curacao, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Curacao is 78.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Curacao peaked at 100.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 70.8%, in 2018.
Curacao ranks 85th of 210 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100.0% | — |
| 1991 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 99.1% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 93.5% | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 93.8% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 94.0% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 94.1% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 94.3% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 94.2% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 94.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 94.9% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 95.2% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 95.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 93.1% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 86.2% | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 83.7% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 84.2% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 83.3% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 78.9% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 70.8% | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 73.9% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 74.5% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 75.1% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 76.6% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 78.0% | -2.5% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 78.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 61.0%, 1.3× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 78.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 80.2%, 97% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.5% | 99.1% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.8% | 93.5% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.5% | 70.8% | 95.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.8% | 74.5% | 80.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 82 Malaysia 79.9% compare
- 83 Dominica 79.7% compare
- 84 Burkina Faso 78.0% compare
- 86 Jordan 77.9% compare
- 87 Philippines 77.8% compare
- 88 New Caledonia 77.5% compare
More energy & mining data for Curacao
- Primary energy from nuclear, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Primary energy from nuclear, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sulphur dioxide and coal 55,315 (2022)
- Sulphur dioxide and coal, per capita 0.3608 units per person (2022)
- Sulphur dioxide and coal, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre 124.58 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Sulphur dioxide and coal, annual growth rate 15.29 % change on previous year (2022)
- Access to electricity urban vs rural 100 (2024)
- Share of the population with access to electricity 100 (2024)
- Access to electricity vs gdp per capita 100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Curacao?
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Curacao was 78.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.8% in 2018.
- How does Curacao rank for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources?
- Curacao ranks 85th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.