United States - Electricity production from natural gas sources

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) in United States was 31.94 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 31.94 in 2015, while its lowest value was 9.46 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 21.14
1961 21.52
1962 21.78
1963 22.24
1964 22.60
1965 21.24
1966 22.16
1967 22.06
1968 23.11
1969 23.33
1970 24.58
1971 23.49
1972 21.73
1973 18.56
1974 17.50
1975 15.95
1976 14.75
1977 14.64
1978 14.11
1979 14.94
1980 15.26
1981 15.18
1982 13.74
1983 11.98
1984 12.42
1985 11.91
1986 10.07
1987 10.74
1988 9.46
1989 11.87
1990 11.92
1991 12.36
1992 13.05
1993 13.00
1994 14.26
1995 14.86
1996 13.11
1997 13.77
1998 14.68
1999 15.02
2000 15.76
2001 17.19
2002 17.69
2003 16.53
2004 17.64
2005 18.34
2006 19.71
2007 21.17
2008 20.96
2009 22.80
2010 23.38
2011 24.16
2012 29.61
2013 27.02
2014 26.89
2015 31.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use