How much of US electricity comes from natural gas?

Natural gas made 40.8% of US electricity in 2025, up from 12.3% in 1990. It passed coal in 2016 to become the largest source, and its highest share was 43.4% in 2024. Each point is gas's share of all net generation that year; the 2025 figures are preliminary.

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Measure: Share of US electricity generation (%). Written from the data below.

  • The latest figure, for 2025, is 40.8%.
  • That is up 28.3 percentage points from 12.5% in 1949.
  • The highest was 43.4% in 2024.
  • The lowest was 9.3% in 1988.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a)
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Chartly. “How much of US electricity comes from natural gas?” Chart. Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a), https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/ (data as of December 31, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/natural-gas-share-of-us-electricity (accessed November 4, 2026).

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Year Share of US electricity generation (%)
1949 12.5
1950 13.3
1951 15.1
1952 17
1953 17.8
1954 19.7
1955 17.3
1956 17.2
1957 18
1958 18.5
1959 20.6
1960 20.8
1961 21.2
1962 21.5
1963 21.9
1964 22.3
1965 20.9
1966 21.9
1967 21.7
1968 22.8
1969 23.1
1970 24.3
1971 23.1
1972 21.4
1973 18.3
1974 17.1
1975 15.6
1976 14.4
1977 14.4
1978 13.8
1979 14.6
1980 15.1
1981 15
1982 13.6
1983 11.8
1984 12.3
1985 11.8
1986 10
1987 10.6
1988 9.3
1989 11.9
1990 12.3
1991 12.4
1992 13.1
1993 13
1994 14.2
1995 14.8
1996 13.2
1997 13.7
1998 14.7
1999 15.1
2000 15.8
2001 17.1
2002 17.9
2003 16.7
2004 17.9
2005 18.8
2006 20.1
2007 21.6
2008 21.4
2009 23.3
2010 23.9
2011 24.7
2012 30.3
2013 27.7
2014 27.5
2015 32.7
2016 33.8
2017 32.2
2018 35.2
2019 38.5
2020 40.6
2021 38.4
2022 39.9
2023 43.2
2024 43.4
2025 40.8

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