IBRD only - Electricity production

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

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in IBRD only was 71.36 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 74.15 in 2011, while its lowest value was 38.46 in 1984.

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 41.12
1972 40.90
1973 40.68
1974 39.74
1975 39.79
1976 39.51
1977 39.36
1978 39.66
1979 39.41
1980 39.13
1981 38.55
1982 38.66
1983 38.65
1984 38.46
1985 38.60
1986 38.97
1987 39.46
1988 38.91
1989 39.46
1990 70.73
1991 70.47
1992 70.26
1993 69.25
1994 68.93
1995 68.72
1996 69.18
1997 69.32
1998 69.31
1999 70.00
2000 70.52
2001 70.74
2002 71.45
2003 72.74
2004 72.31
2005 72.35
2006 72.90
2007 73.87
2008 73.57
2009 73.36
2010 73.28
2011 74.15
2012 73.25
2013 72.95
2014 72.08
2015 71.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use