Share of electricity generation from oil in Norway
Norway: Share of electricity generation from oil was 0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from oil in Norway, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of electricity generation from oil in Norway is 0.4%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from oil in Norway peaked at 0.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
Norway ranks 174th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from oil in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2% | — |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | -17.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +30.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +16.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | -37.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +120.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +22.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -17.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -34.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +64.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -22.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +116.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -10.9% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | -3.7% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 0.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.6%, 12% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Norway's 0.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.8%, 24% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from oil in Norway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +120.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2013 | +116.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More energy & mining data for Norway
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- 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 (2025)
- Fuel imports 5.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from oil in Norway?
- Share of electricity generation from oil in Norway was 0.4% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from oil recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Norway rank for share of electricity generation from oil?
- Norway ranks 174th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from oil rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.