Spare capacity share of demand

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
2.2%
forecast

Global · 2023

IEA projects spare capacity share of demand worldwide at 2.2% in 2023.

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Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
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Price volatility on the horizon
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
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Verified

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But by 2023, if investments remain insufficient, the effective global spare capacity cushion falls to only 2.2% of demand, the lowest number since 2007.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2023). Market Report Series: Oil 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE0D
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Oil 2018." 2023, https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-2018. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE0D.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Oil 2018." 2023. https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-2018. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE0D.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2023sparegwge0d, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Oil 2018}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE0D}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-2018. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Oil 2018
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Price volatility on the horizon
Retrieved
15 September 2026
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Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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