Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Electricity production

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 27.20 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 52.21 in 1984, while its lowest value was 24.18 in 2013.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1971 38.36
1972 40.71
1973 42.82
1974 44.72
1975 46.45
1976 47.25
1977 48.00
1978 48.70
1979 49.37
1980 50.00
1981 50.60
1982 51.16
1983 51.70
1984 52.21
1985 51.00
1986 48.62
1987 47.89
1988 46.24
1989 48.63
1990 43.68
1991 42.97
1992 42.51
1993 39.82
1994 40.26
1995 38.26
1996 41.31
1997 44.56
1998 40.00
1999 44.62
2000 47.42
2001 47.52
2002 46.30
2003 44.19
2004 43.11
2005 42.69
2006 43.75
2007 38.30
2008 39.38
2009 40.83
2010 38.15
2011 31.34
2012 29.82
2013 24.18
2014 27.41
2015 27.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use