Japan - Electricity production from natural gas sources

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) in Japan was 39.59 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 41.51 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1961.

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 0.09
1961 0.08
1962 0.21
1963 0.50
1964 0.39
1965 0.38
1966 0.63
1967 0.58
1968 0.55
1969 0.55
1970 1.27
1971 1.44
1972 1.29
1973 2.26
1974 3.36
1975 4.29
1976 4.80
1977 6.84
1978 9.71
1979 12.47
1980 14.17
1981 13.53
1982 13.66
1983 14.76
1984 19.11
1985 19.20
1986 19.36
1987 18.98
1988 18.78
1989 18.96
1990 19.56
1991 20.30
1992 20.06
1993 19.90
1994 20.13
1995 19.99
1996 20.73
1997 21.20
1998 21.83
1999 23.03
2000 23.31
2001 23.63
2002 23.53
2003 24.66
2004 23.10
2005 21.59
2006 23.91
2007 25.58
2008 26.51
2009 28.27
2010 27.95
2011 36.11
2012 38.72
2013 38.47
2014 41.51
2015 39.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use