IDA total - Electricity production

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

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in IDA total was 51.80 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 53.57 in 2009, while its lowest value was 12.69 in 1976.

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 18.63
1972 16.47
1973 16.63
1974 13.86
1975 14.16
1976 12.69
1977 13.30
1978 13.66
1979 13.79
1980 14.63
1981 15.30
1982 16.78
1983 18.62
1984 18.68
1985 19.34
1986 19.96
1987 22.11
1988 22.46
1989 22.53
1990 46.55
1991 46.24
1992 46.45
1993 46.43
1994 45.90
1995 48.25
1996 48.98
1997 50.41
1998 50.53
1999 50.65
2000 52.03
2001 51.91
2002 52.00
2003 50.70
2004 51.77
2005 51.54
2006 51.97
2007 53.02
2008 53.14
2009 53.57
2010 51.94
2011 51.88
2012 51.31
2013 50.82
2014 50.46
2015 51.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use