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🗺️ Electricity Generation of OECD

The electricity generated in OECD has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in OECD reach 10821.16 TWh. Whereof 30.08% of the generated electricity in the region that year came from Gas.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in OECD increased by 2.74%
  • In total, OECD generated 10,821.16 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in OECD grew with 288.11 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 14.63% in OECD
  • In 2021, OECD produced 38.902827774217% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of OECD (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, OECD's electricity generation has increased from 9,439.7 TWh to 10,821.16 TWh, a 14.63% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 9,439.7 % %
2001 9,433.77 -5.93% -0.06%
2002 9,641.34 207.57% 2.2%
2003 9,736.05 94.71% 0.98%
2004 9,990.22 254.17% 2.61%
2005 10,179.76 189.54% 1.9%
2006 10,278.14 98.38% 0.97%
2007 10,538.85 260.71% 2.54%
2008 10,479.36 -59.49% -0.56%
2009 10,108.48 -370.88% -3.54%
2010 10,593.18 484.7% 4.79%
2011 10,580.18 -13.0% -0.12%
2012 10,583.15 2.97% 0.03%
2013 10,588.56 5.41% 0.05%
2014 10,577.21 -11.35% -0.11%
2015 10,609.46 32.25% 0.3%
2016 10,692.36 82.9% 0.78%
2017 10,734.44 42.08% 0.39%
2018 10,915.84 181.4% 1.69%
2019 10,781.63 -134.21% -1.23%
2020 10,533.05 -248.58% -2.31%
2021 10,821.16 288.11% 2.74%

OECD's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Gas was the largest generator of electrical energy in OECD with 30.08% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Gas 30.08%
Coal 19.86%
Nuclear 17.17%
Hydro 13.24%
Wind 8.95%
Solar 4.88%
Bioenergy 3.12%
Other Fossil 2.15%
Other Renewables 0.55%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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