Electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total fell 13.0% to 33.7% in the United Kingdom in 2023, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 45.9% in 2010 and an all time low of 0.007% in 1967. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total in Belgium amounted to 21.4%, 5.93% in France, 17.1% in Germany and 49.0% in Ireland in 2023.
United Kingdom has been ranked 8th within the group of 37 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from natural gas sources as a percentage of total, 45 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Electricity Production from Natural Gas Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Austria | % | 15.3% | 14.5% | 15.2% | 13.7% | 15.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 26.6% | 32.0% | 27.3% | 29.9% | 22.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 8.19% | 10.2% | 10.5% | 11.2% | 12.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 7.21% | 5.26% | 6.89% | 6.62% | 6.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 13.4% | 13.0% | 15.0% | 16.7% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ireland | % | 50.8% | 51.4% | 51.4% | 50.3% | 47.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 47.4% | 44.4% | 48.2% | 47.7% | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 9.84% | 8.87% | 10.0% | 8.24% | 7.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 49.3% | 50.4% | 58.2% | 58.8% | 46.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 5.89% | 7.43% | 9.02% | 10.9% | 8.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 23.2% | 21.1% | 30.6% | 26.5% | 26.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 40.5% | 39.5% | 40.8% | 35.9% | 40.1% |
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