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Electricity generation - worldwide 1990-2015

Worldwide electricity generation from 1990 to 2015 (in terawatt hours)
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The data describes worldwide electricity generation between 1990 and 2015. In 2015 approx. 24 petawatt hours of electricity were generated worldwide and about 13% of the world's primary energy was derived from renewable sources.

1990 11913
1995 13352
2000 15552
2001 15671
2002 16284
2003 16879
2004 17649
2005 18409
2006 19118
2007 19940
2008 20313
2009 20233
2010 21590
2011 22285
2012 22781
2013 23455
2014 23939
2015 24345