Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Eritrea
Eritrea: Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) was 90.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from oil sources in Eritrea, 1992–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from oil sources in Eritrea is 90.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil sources in Eritrea peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 86.3%, in 2018.
Eritrea ranks 30th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 100.0% | — |
| 1993 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 99.5% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 99.5% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 99.5% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.3% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98.7% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 98.5% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 97.8% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 93.2% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 92.6% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 92.4% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 86.7% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 86.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 86.6% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 87.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 88.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 89.3% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 90.0% | +0.8% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 90.0% is above the median for low income countries, which is 37.7%, 2.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 90.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17.7%, 5.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.5% | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 99.4% | 98.7% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.1% | 86.3% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.7% | 87.0% | 90.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More energy & mining data for Eritrea
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 3.82 % 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 (2011)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 (2011)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from oil sources in Eritrea?
- Electricity production from oil sources in Eritrea was 90.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil sources recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil sources recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.3% in 2018.
- How does Eritrea rank for electricity production from oil sources?
- Eritrea ranks 30th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from oil sources rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from oil sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from oil sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.