Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) - Country Ranking - South America
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/
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 68.60 | 2015 |
| 2 | Argentina | 66.94 | 2015 |
| 3 | Chile | 56.40 | 2015 |
| 4 | Peru | 47.27 | 2015 |
| 5 | Ecuador | 47.20 | 2015 |
| 6 | Suriname | 39.95 | 2015 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 36.30 | 2015 |
| 8 | Colombia | 31.76 | 2015 |
| 9 | Brazil | 23.43 | 2015 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 11.44 | 2015 |
| 11 | Paraguay | 0.00 | 2015 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.
