Electricity generation from oil per person
What you should know about this indicator
Per capita figures are calculated by dividing total values by the population of the country or region. Population data is constructed by Our World in Data, based on various sources.
Sources and processing
This data is based on the following sources
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Notes on our processing step for this indicator
- While the Energy Institute (EI) provides a longer time series (dating back to 1965) than Ember (dating back only to 1990 for European countries and 2000 for other countries), EI does not cover all countries or all sources of electricity (for example, generation from bioenergy is missing). Therefore, when data from Ember is available for a given country and year, we use it as the primary data source. Where Ember data is unavailable, we supplement it with data from EI.
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Citations
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To cite this page overall, including any descriptions, FAQs or explanations of the data authored by Our World in Data, please use the following citation:
“Data Page: Electricity generation from oil per person”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado, and Max Roser (2023) - “Energy”. Data adapted from Ember, Energy Institute, Various sources. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-electricity-per-capita [online resource]How to cite this data
In-line citationIf you have limited space (e.g. in data visualizations), you can use this abbreviated in-line citation:
Ember (2025); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2024); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in DataFull citation
Ember (2025); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2024); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Electricity generation from oil per person – Ember and Energy Institute” [dataset]. Ember, “Yearly Electricity Data Europe”; Ember, “Yearly Electricity Data”; Energy Institute, “Statistical Review of World Energy”; Various sources, “Population” [original data]. Retrieved May 24, 2025 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-electricity-per-capita