Suriname - Electricity production

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

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Suriname was 39.95 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 47.30 in 2005, while its lowest value was 11.60 in 2000.

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
2000 11.60
2001 13.36
2002 20.62
2003 27.39
2004 34.40
2005 47.30
2006 33.12
2007 25.85
2008 22.05
2009 23.22
2010 29.81
2011 39.36
2012 36.76
2013 40.06
2014 37.66
2015 39.95

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use