variables: 901058

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id name unit description createdAt updatedAt code coverage timespan datasetId sourceId shortUnit display columnOrder originalMetadata grapherConfigAdmin shortName catalogPath dimensions schemaVersion processingLevel processingLog titlePublic titleVariant attributionShort attribution descriptionShort descriptionFromProducer descriptionKey descriptionProcessing licenses license grapherConfigETL type sort dataChecksum metadataChecksum
901058 Electricity generation as share of direct primary energy consumption - % %   2024-05-08 06:30:27 2024-05-23 17:31:29     1985-2022 6509   % 
{
    "name": "Electricity",
    "unit": "%",
    "shortUnit": "%"
}
 0     total_electricity_share_of_primary_energy__pct grapher/energy/2024-05-08/electricity_mix/electricity_mix#total_electricity_share_of_primary_energy__pct   2 major   Total electricity generation as share of primary energy   Ember and Energy Institute   Measured as a percentage of total, direct primary energy consumption.   
[
    "Includes commercial solid fuels only, i.e. bituminous coal and anthracite (hard coal), and lignite and brown (sub-bituminous) coal, and other commercial solid fuels. Excludes coal converted to liquid or gaseous fuels, but includes coal consumed in transformation processes. Differences between the consumption figures and the world production statistics are accounted for by stock changes, and unavoidable disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of coal supply and demand data.",
    "Includes inland demand plus international aviation and marine bunkers and refinery fuel and loss. Consumption of biogasoline (such as ethanol) and biodiesel are excluded while derivatives of coal and natural gas are included. Differences between the world consumption figures and world production statistics are accounted for by stock changes, consumption of non-petroleum additives and substitute fuels and unavoidable disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of oil supply and demand data.",
    "Excludes natural gas converted to liquid fuels but includes derivatives of coal as well as natural gas consumed in Gas-to-Liquids transformation. The difference between the world consumption figures and the world production statistics is due to variations in stocks at storage facilities and liquefaction plants, together with unavoidable disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of gas supply and demand data."
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 - We rely on Ember as the primary source of electricity data. While the Energy Institute (EI) provides primary energy (not just electricity) consumption data and it provides a longer time-series (dating back to 1965) than Ember (which only dates back to 1990), EI does not provide data for all countries or for all sources of electricity (for example, only Ember provides data on electricity from bioenergy). So, where data from Ember is available for a given country and year, we rely on it as the primary source. We then supplement this with data from EI where data from Ember is not available. - The Statistical Review of World Energy only provides data on input-equivalent primary energy consumption, not on direct primary energy consumption. We estimate the direct primary energy consumption as the sum of the primary energy consumption from coal, oil, gas, and biofuels, plus the electricity generation from low-carbon sources (nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, bioenergy and other renewables). Finally, the share of electricity in direct primary energy consumption is calculated as the ratio of total electricity generation to direct primary energy consumption (multiplied by 100).       float 
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