Euro area - Electricity production from natural gas sources

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) in Euro area was 16.19 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 23.94 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1.93 in 1965.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.

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
1960 2.19
1961 2.44
1962 2.54
1963 2.28
1964 2.12
1965 1.93
1966 2.47
1967 2.90
1968 4.02
1969 5.24
1970 6.57
1971 8.06
1972 9.51
1973 11.18
1974 13.05
1975 13.88
1976 12.91
1977 12.20
1978 11.42
1979 11.13
1980 9.45
1981 8.05
1982 7.77
1983 8.07
1984 8.44
1985 7.35
1986 7.37
1987 7.58
1988 7.23
1989 8.04
1990 8.84
1991 8.49
1992 7.98
1993 8.39
1994 8.96
1995 9.36
1996 10.16
1997 11.49
1998 12.28
1999 13.96
2000 14.35
2001 14.98
2002 15.40
2003 16.92
2004 18.22
2005 20.51
2006 21.16
2007 22.31
2008 23.94
2009 23.40
2010 23.19
2011 22.38
2012 19.38
2013 16.67
2014 14.80
2015 16.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use