Middle income - Electricity production

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

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Middle income was 71.17 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 73.83 in 2011, while its lowest value was 34.76 in 1981.

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 37.13
1972 36.72
1973 36.44
1974 35.30
1975 35.50
1976 35.16
1977 35.17
1978 35.56
1979 35.29
1980 35.19
1981 34.76
1982 35.05
1983 35.26
1984 35.14
1985 35.41
1986 35.93
1987 36.70
1988 36.15
1989 36.68
1990 69.53
1991 69.53
1992 69.42
1993 68.39
1994 68.08
1995 67.96
1996 68.44
1997 68.73
1998 68.73
1999 69.37
2000 70.08
2001 70.32
2002 70.92
2003 72.03
2004 71.78
2005 71.96
2006 72.54
2007 73.54
2008 73.29
2009 73.16
2010 72.92
2011 73.83
2012 72.90
2013 72.66
2014 71.90
2015 71.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use