Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) 1970 - 2015

Description	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.
Unit of measure	%

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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.

Unit of measure

Source: International Energy Agency

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	United States
1970	83.09
1971	82.10
1972	82.14
1973	81.82
1974	78.12
1975	75.63
1976	76.93
1977	77.92
1978	74.97
1979	76.37
1980	77.31
1981	77.07
1982	74.03
1983	73.33
1984	73.47
1985	73.22
1986	71.78
1987	73.04
1988	72.72
1989	71.60
1990	69.06
1991	68.86
1992	69.55
1993	70.14
1994	70.26
1995	68.81
1996	68.48
1997	70.53
1998	71.28
1999	70.64
2000	71.59
2001	72.20
2002	70.99
2003	71.29
2004	71.39
2005	72.10
2006	71.33
2007	71.97
2008	71.39
2009	69.45
2010	70.28
2011	68.42
2012	68.86
2013	67.82
2014	67.46
2015	67.08

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Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) 1970 - 2015

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