Electricity production from oil sources fell 12.9% to 22,679 GWh in the USA in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from oil sources in the USA reached an all time high of 390,614 GWh in 1978 and an all time low of 22,679 GWh in 2017. When compared to USA's main peers, electricity production from oil sources in Canada amounted to 4,250 GWh, 14,936 GWh in China, 54,789 GWh in Japan and 40,753 GWh in Mexico in 2017.
USA has been ranked 7th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from oil sources, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Electricity Production from Oil Sources | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Australia | GWh | 2,898 | 3,583 | 4,738 | 5,920 | 6,242 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | GWh | 6,030 | 6,209 | 6,476 | 7,779 | 4,433 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | GWh | 12,130 | 10,937 | 10,013 | 9,517 | 9,679 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | GWh | 1,520 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Honduras | GWh | 3,901 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| India | GWh | 9,353 | 10,071 | 10,650 | 11,346 | 9,122 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | GWh | 160,877 | 205,594 | 164,960 | 121,479 | 103,560 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | GWh | 48,833 | 55,733 | 47,680 | 32,489 | 31,226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | GWh | 27,472 | 28,101 | 8,706 | 10,730 | 10,102 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | GWh | 15,918 | 19,080 | 19,646 | 27,706 | 35,095 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | GWh | 32,454 | 24,935 | 29,209 | 32,507 | 30,375 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | GWh | 3,119 | 2,891 | 2,066 | 1,920 | 2,037 |
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