Electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total fell 1.34% to 23.2% in the World in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total in the World reached an all time high of 23.5% in 2016 and an all time low of 7.60% in 1986. When compared to World's main peers, electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total in China amounted to 3.02%, 13.1% in Germany, 39.4% in Japan and 32.0% in USA in 2017.
World has been ranked th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total.
Electricity Production from Natural Gas Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Austria | % | 20.0% | 14.1% | 10.3% | 8.77% | 12.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | % | 28.6% | 28.8% | 25.5% | 27.0% | 32.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Canada | % | 9.69% | 10.2% | 9.80% | 9.60% | 10.0% | ||||||||||||||||
China | % | 2.04% | 1.98% | 1.96% | 2.02% | 2.49% | ||||||||||||||||
France | % | 4.81% | 3.90% | 3.03% | 2.29% | 3.51% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Germany | % | 14.4% | 12.4% | 10.9% | 10.0% | 9.83% | ||||||||||||||||
India | % | 10.6% | 7.61% | 5.24% | 4.64% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 36.1% | 38.7% | 38.5% | 41.5% | 39.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | % | 54.3% | 53.9% | 55.7% | 57.0% | 59.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | % | 3.57% | 3.87% | 3.21% | 3.36% | 3.89% | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | % | 49.3% | 49.1% | 50.1% | 50.2% | 49.7% | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | % | 22.3% | 21.1% | 26.9% | 23.9% | 22.4% | ||||||||||||||||
USA | % | 24.2% | 29.6% | 27.0% | 26.9% | 31.9% | ||||||||||||||||
World | % | 22.0% | 22.4% | 21.5% | 21.6% | 22.8% |