Coal consumption per person in Cuba
Cuba: Coal consumption per person was 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coal consumption per person in Cuba, 1980–2024
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.
Analysis
In 2024, coal consumption per person in Cuba stood at 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is down 75.9% on the previous year and down 86.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal consumption per person in Cuba peaked at 98.83 kilowatt-hours per person in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person, in 2024.
Cuba ranks 128th of 218 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 82.15 kilowatt-hours per person | 61.98 kilowatt-hours per person | 98.83 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.03 kilowatt-hours per person | 13.82 kilowatt-hours per person | 78.72 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.8 kilowatt-hours per person | 11.84 kilowatt-hours per person | 17.41 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.88 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.4356 kilowatt-hours per person | 15.33 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5816 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.07 kilowatt-hours per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 125 Algeria 4.59 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 126 Paraguay 0.6098 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 127 Costa Rica 0.4107 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 129 Azerbaijan 0.0746 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 130 Fiji 0.0006 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
More energy & mining data for Cuba
- Fuel imports 30.9% (2021)
- Ores and metals imports 2.2% (2022)
- Ores and metals exports 53.4% (2022)
- Gas production 9.96 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 907.02 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 9.96 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 907.02 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel exports 5.7% (2021)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 18.7% (2023)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 67.1% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal consumption per person in Cuba?
- Coal consumption per person in Cuba was 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person 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 per person recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 98.83 kilowatt-hours per person in 1982.
- What is the lowest coal consumption per person recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024.
- How does Cuba rank for coal consumption per person?
- Cuba ranks 128th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coal consumption per person rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.6%. 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 per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.