United States - Electricity production from oil sources

Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)

Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in United States was 0.90 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 17.17 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.77 in 2012.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.

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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Year Value
1960 6.42
1961 6.24
1962 5.80
1963 5.73
1964 5.85
1965 6.22
1966 6.97
1967 7.41
1968 7.91
1969 9.67
1970 12.12
1971 13.82
1972 15.84
1973 17.09
1974 16.45
1975 15.38
1976 16.01
1977 17.17
1978 16.86
1979 13.76
1980 10.84
1981 9.06
1982 6.61
1983 6.31
1984 5.00
1985 4.09
1986 5.54
1987 4.67
1988 5.57
1989 5.60
1990 4.08
1991 3.90
1992 3.26
1993 3.74
1994 3.49
1995 2.45
1996 2.65
1997 2.95
1998 3.87
1999 3.50
2000 2.94
2001 3.37
2002 2.64
2003 3.38
2004 3.35
2005 3.31
2006 1.84
2007 1.81
2008 1.33
2009 1.21
2010 1.10
2011 0.91
2012 0.77
2013 0.86
2014 0.92
2015 0.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use