North America - Electricity production from natural gas sources

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) in North America was 28.97 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 28.97 in 2015, while its lowest value was 8.32 in 1988.

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 18.90
1961 19.37
1962 19.66
1963 20.11
1964 20.32
1965 19.24
1966 20.03
1967 19.95
1968 20.96
1969 21.02
1970 22.11
1971 21.14
1972 19.61
1973 17.04
1974 15.86
1975 14.69
1976 13.48
1977 13.28
1978 12.66
1979 13.36
1980 13.55
1981 13.39
1982 12.14
1983 10.57
1984 10.81
1985 10.36
1986 8.77
1987 9.27
1988 8.32
1989 10.64
1990 10.62
1991 10.91
1992 11.60
1993 11.62
1994 12.66
1995 13.35
1996 11.76
1997 12.39
1998 13.38
1999 13.68
2000 14.41
2001 15.71
2002 16.12
2003 15.14
2004 16.12
2005 16.82
2006 18.15
2007 19.33
2008 19.15
2009 20.82
2010 21.57
2011 22.29
2012 27.08
2013 24.70
2014 24.56
2015 28.97

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use