Share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia
Bolivia: Share of electricity generation from oil was 1.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 1.5% for share of electricity generation from oil in 2025.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia peaked at 2.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2008.
Bolivia ranks 149th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8% | — |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +63.3% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -34.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -26.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +19.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -21.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +34.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -18.7% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +25.5% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +197.2% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | -19.0% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -23.2% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | -0.7% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 1.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.8%, 30% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 1.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 37.6%, 4% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +197.2% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More energy & mining data for Bolivia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 6.34 % 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 29.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia?
- Share of electricity generation from oil in Bolivia was 1.5% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from oil recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from oil recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2008.
- How does Bolivia rank for share of electricity generation from oil?
- Bolivia ranks 149th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from oil rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.