Electricity production from oil sources fell 33.2% to 54,789 GWh in Japan in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from oil sources in Japan reached an all time high of 340,967 GWh in 1977 and an all time low of 19,700 GWh in 1960. When compared to Japan's main peers, electricity production from oil sources in China amounted to 14,936 GWh, 15,764 GWh in Russia, 12,412 GWh in South Korea and 22,679 GWh in USA in 2017.
Japan has been ranked 2nd within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from oil sources, 1 place 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 |
| Canada | GWh | 6,030 | 6,209 | 6,476 | 7,779 | 4,433 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | GWh | 12,130 | 10,937 | 10,013 | 9,517 | 9,679 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | GWh | 580 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | GWh | 7,156 | 7,626 | 7,198 | 5,658 | 6,208 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | GWh | 727 | 105 | 740 | 673 | 740 |
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