Table 11.1  World Primary Energy Production by Source, 1970-2005
                       (Quadrillion Btu)

Year

Coal
Natural
Gas 1

Crude Oil 2
Natural Gas
Plant Liquids
Nuclear Electric
Power 3
Hydroelectric
Power 3
Geothermal 3
and Other 4

Total
1970
62.96 37.09 97.09 3.61 0.90 12.15 1.59 215.39
1971
61.72 39.80 102.70 3.85 1.23 12.74 1.61 223.64
1972
63.65 42.08 108.52 4.09 1.66 13.31 1.68 234.99
1973
63.87 44.44 117.88 4.23 2.15 13.52 1.73 247.83
1974
63.79 45.35 117.82 4.22 2.86 14.84 1.76 250.64
1975
66.20 45.67 113.08 4.12 3.85 15.03 1.74 249.69
1976
67.32 47.62 122.92 4.24 4.52 15.08 1.97 263.67
1977
68.46 48.85 127.75 4.40 5.41 15.56 2.11 272.54
1978
69.56 50.26 128.51 4.55 6.42 16.80 2.32 278.41
1979
73.83 53.93 133.87 4.87 6.69 17.69 2.48 293.36
1980
R 71.31 54.73 128.04 5.10 7.58 17.90 2.94 R 287.59
1981
R 71.72 55.56 120.11 5.37 8.53 18.26 3.10 R 282.65
1982
R 74.37 55.49 114.45 5.35 9.51 18.71 R 3.29 R 281.18
1983
R 74.37 56.12 113.97 5.36 10.72 19.69 R 3.59 R 283.82
1984
R 78.48 61.78 116.88 5.73 12.99 20.19 R 3.73 R 299.79
1985
R 82.29 64.22 115.37 5.83 15.30 20.42 R 3.82 R 307.26
1986
R 84.36 65.32 120.18 6.15 16.25 20.89 R 3.83 R 316.98
1987
R 86.13 68.48 121.07 6.35 17.64 20.90 R 3.85 R 324.43
1988
R 88.02 71.80 125.84 6.65 19.23 21.48 R 4.02 R 337.04
1989
R 89.55 74.24 127.83 6.69 19.74 21.53 R 4.39 R 343.97
1990
R 91.02 R 75.90 129.35 6.87 20.36 22.35 R 3.98 R 349.83
1991
R 86.38 R 76.72 128.73 7.12 21.18 22.83 R 4.08 R 347.04
1992
R 86.21 R 76.92 128.93 R 7.17 21.28 22.71 R 4.35 R 347.58
1993
R 84.42 R 78.43 128.72 R 7.47 22.01 23.94 R 4.38 R 349.36
1994
R 86.46 R 79.19 R 130.69 R 8.10 22.41 24.15 R 4.57 R 355.58
1995
R 88.52 R 80.26 R 133.43 R 8.40 23.26 25.34 R 4.72 R 363.93
1996
R 89.14 R 84.01 R 136.73 R 8.59 24.11 25.79 R 4.87 R 373.24
1997
R 92.82 R 84.31 R 140.63 R 8.79 23.88 26.07 R 4.98 R 381.49
1998
R 91.46 R 85.97 R 143.24 R 9.02 24.32 R 26.05 R 4.98 R 385.03
1999
R 91.09 R 87.87 R 140.95 R 9.26 25.09 R 26.55 R 5.17 R 385.99
2000
R 90.41 R 91.32 R 146.83 R 9.63 25.66 R 26.99 R 5.43 R 396.26
2001
R 95.90 R 93.66 R 145.57 R 10.10 26.39 R 26.36 R 5.21 R 403.19
2002
R 97.81 R 96.67 R 143.54 R 10.28 26.68 R 26.42 R 5.54 R 406.94
2003
R 105.49 R 98.87 R 148.44 R 10.74 26.45 R 26.79 R 5.92 R 422.69
2004
R 114.39 R 102.03 R 155.42 R 11.10 R 27.43 R 27.65 R 6.43 R 444.45
2005P
122.25 105.33 157.80 11.47 27.47 29.00 6.81 460.14
1Dry production. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  
2Includes lease condensate. Notes:  ·  Data in this table do not include recent updates for the United States (see Table 1.2) or for
other countries (see the Energy Information Administration's "International Energy Annual 2006").  ·  See
Note 1, "World Primary Energy Production," at end of section.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components
due to independent rounding.
3Net generation, i.e., gross generation less plant use. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/international.
4Includes net electricity generation from wood, waste, solar, and wind.  Data for the United States also
include other renewable energy. 
Sources:  ·  1970-1979—Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Database.
·  1980 forward—EIA, "International Energy Annual 2005" (June-October 2007), Tables F1-F9.