Coal consumption in Cuba

Cuba: Coal consumption was 0.0018 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0.0018 terawatt-hours
Change on year
down 76.0%
World rank
129th
of 220 countries
All-time high
0.9977 terawatt-hours
in 1989
All-time low
0.0018 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Years of data
45
1980–2024

Coal consumption in Cuba, 1980–2024

00.20.40.60.811980200220241980: 0.716 terawatt-hours1981: 0.848 terawatt-hours1982: 0.98 terawatt-hours1983: 0.678 terawatt-hours1984: 0.829 terawatt-hours1985: 0.95 terawatt-hours1986: 0.897 terawatt-hours1987: 0.641 terawatt-hours1988: 0.789 terawatt-hours1989: 0.998 terawatt-hours1990: 0.837 terawatt-hours1991: 0.565 terawatt-hours1992: 0.355 terawatt-hours1993: 0.181 terawatt-hours1994: 0.174 terawatt-hours1995: 0.17 terawatt-hours1996: 0.167 terawatt-hours1997: 0.16 terawatt-hours1998: 0.156 terawatt-hours1999: 0.153 terawatt-hours2000: 0.163 terawatt-hours2001: 0.163 terawatt-hours2002: 0.195 terawatt-hours2003: 0.188 terawatt-hours2004: 0.18 terawatt-hours2005: 0.163 terawatt-hours2006: 0.148 terawatt-hours2007: 0.134 terawatt-hours2008: 0.155 terawatt-hours2009: 0.173 terawatt-hours2010: 0.173 terawatt-hours2011: 0.005 terawatt-hours2012: 0.007 terawatt-hours2013: 0.022 terawatt-hours2014: 0.014 terawatt-hours2015: 0.022 terawatt-hours2016: 0.014 terawatt-hours2017: 0.017 terawatt-hours2018: 0.029 terawatt-hours2019: 0.022 terawatt-hours2020: 0.004 terawatt-hours2021: 0.012 terawatt-hours2022: 0.007 terawatt-hours2023: 0.007 terawatt-hours2024: 0.002 terawatt-hours

Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

Cuba recorded 0.0018 terawatt-hours for coal consumption in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.

The figure is down 76.0% on the previous year and down 87.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, coal consumption in Cuba peaked at 0.9977 terawatt-hours in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0018 terawatt-hours, in 2024.

That places Cuba 129th out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Coal consumption in Cuba, year by year

Annual values for Coal consumption in Cuba, 1980 to 2024.
Year terawatt-hours Change
1980 0.7159 terawatt-hours
1981 0.8478 terawatt-hours +18.4%
1982 0.9797 terawatt-hours +15.6%
1983 0.6782 terawatt-hours -30.8%
1984 0.829 terawatt-hours +22.2%
1985 0.9495 terawatt-hours +14.5%
1986 0.8968 terawatt-hours -5.6%
1987 0.6406 terawatt-hours -28.6%
1988 0.789 terawatt-hours +23.2%
1989 0.9977 terawatt-hours +26.4%
1990 0.837 terawatt-hours -16.1%
1991 0.5652 terawatt-hours -32.5%
1992 0.3549 terawatt-hours -37.2%
1993 0.1807 terawatt-hours -49.1%
1994 0.1736 terawatt-hours -3.9%
1995 0.1701 terawatt-hours -2.0%
1996 0.1665 terawatt-hours -2.1%
1997 0.1598 terawatt-hours -4.0%
1998 0.1564 terawatt-hours -2.1%
1999 0.1531 terawatt-hours -2.2%
2000 0.1629 terawatt-hours +6.4%
2001 0.1635 terawatt-hours +0.4%
2002 0.1946 terawatt-hours +19.0%
2003 0.1877 terawatt-hours -3.5%
2004 0.1798 terawatt-hours -4.2%
2005 0.1627 terawatt-hours -9.5%
2006 0.1484 terawatt-hours -8.8%
2007 0.1336 terawatt-hours -9.9%
2008 0.155 terawatt-hours +16.0%
2009 0.1733 terawatt-hours +11.9%
2010 0.1731 terawatt-hours -0.1%
2011 0.0049 terawatt-hours -97.2%
2012 0.0072 terawatt-hours +46.8%
2013 0.0222 terawatt-hours +207.6%
2014 0.0137 terawatt-hours -38.4%
2015 0.0217 terawatt-hours +58.6%
2016 0.0143 terawatt-hours -34.2%
2017 0.0167 terawatt-hours +16.9%
2018 0.0288 terawatt-hours +72.4%
2019 0.0223 terawatt-hours -22.5%
2020 0.0038 terawatt-hours -83.1%
2021 0.0118 terawatt-hours +214.2%
2022 0.0074 terawatt-hours -37.4%
2023 0.0074 terawatt-hours +0.0%
2024 0.0018 terawatt-hours -76.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8324 terawatt-hours 0.6406 terawatt-hours 0.9977 terawatt-hours 10
1990s 0.2917 terawatt-hours 0.1531 terawatt-hours 0.837 terawatt-hours 10
2000s 0.1662 terawatt-hours 0.1336 terawatt-hours 0.1946 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 0.0325 terawatt-hours 0.0049 terawatt-hours 0.1731 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 0.0064 terawatt-hours 0.0018 terawatt-hours 0.0118 terawatt-hours 5

Countries ranked near Cuba

  1. 126 Uruguay 0.0394 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 127 Paraguay 0.0042 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 128 Costa Rica 0.0021 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 130 Azerbaijan 0.0008 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 131 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 132 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  7. 132 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
  8. 132 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
  9. 132 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
  10. 132 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
  11. 132 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
  12. 132 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
  13. 132 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
  14. 132 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
  15. 132 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  16. 132 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  17. 132 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
  18. 132 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
  19. 132 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
  20. 132 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
  21. 132 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  22. 132 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
  23. 132 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
  24. 132 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
  25. 132 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
  26. 132 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  27. 132 Côte d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
  28. 132 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
  29. 132 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
  30. 132 Timor-Leste 0 terawatt-hours
  31. 132 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
  32. 132 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  33. 132 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
  34. 132 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 terawatt-hours
  35. 132 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  36. 132 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
  37. 132 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
  38. 132 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
  39. 132 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
  40. 132 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
  41. 132 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
  42. 132 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
  43. 132 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
  44. 132 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
  45. 132 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  46. 132 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
  47. 132 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
  48. 132 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
  49. 132 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
  50. 132 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
  51. 132 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
  52. 132 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
  53. 132 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
  54. 132 Macau, China 0 terawatt-hours compare
  55. 132 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
  56. 132 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
  57. 132 Malta 0 terawatt-hours compare
  58. 132 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
  59. 132 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  60. 132 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 terawatt-hours
  61. 132 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
  62. 132 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours compare
  63. 132 Naoero 0 terawatt-hours
  64. 132 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
  65. 132 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
  66. 132 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
  67. 132 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  68. 132 Palestine, State of 0 terawatt-hours
  69. 132 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  70. 132 Réunion 0 terawatt-hours
  71. 132 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0 terawatt-hours
  72. 132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
  73. 132 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
  74. 132 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
  75. 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
  76. 132 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  77. 132 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
  78. 132 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
  79. 132 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
  80. 132 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  81. 132 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
  82. 132 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  83. 132 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  84. 132 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
  85. 132 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
  86. 132 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
  87. 132 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  88. 132 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  89. 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  90. 132 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
  91. 132 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
  92. 132 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  93. 132 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
  94. 132 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours

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Frequently asked questions

What is coal consumption in Cuba?
Coal consumption in Cuba was 0.0018 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest coal consumption recorded in Cuba?
The highest recorded value was 0.9977 terawatt-hours in 1989.
What is the lowest coal consumption recorded in Cuba?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0018 terawatt-hours in 2024.
How does Cuba rank for coal consumption?
Cuba ranks 129th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
Is coal consumption rising or falling in Cuba?
Over the last ten years it is down 87.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Cuba data come from?
The figures come from Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coal consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Coal consumption
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
222 places, 10,626 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in terawatt-hours.