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Coal consumption per person in Cuba

Cuba: Coal consumption per person was 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person
Change on year
down 75.9%
World rank
129th
of 219 countries
All-time high
98.83 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1982
All-time low
0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Years of data
45
1980–2024

Coal consumption per person in Cuba, 1980–2024

0204060801001980200220241980: 73 kilowatt-hours per person1981: 86.1 kilowatt-hours per person1982: 98.8 kilowatt-hours per person1983: 67.9 kilowatt-hours per person1984: 82.3 kilowatt-hours per person1985: 93.5 kilowatt-hours per person1986: 87.5 kilowatt-hours per person1987: 62 kilowatt-hours per person1988: 75.6 kilowatt-hours per person1989: 94.7 kilowatt-hours per person1990: 78.7 kilowatt-hours per person1991: 52.7 kilowatt-hours per person1992: 32.9 kilowatt-hours per person1993: 16.7 kilowatt-hours per person1994: 15.9 kilowatt-hours per person1995: 15.6 kilowatt-hours per person1996: 15.2 kilowatt-hours per person1997: 14.5 kilowatt-hours per person1998: 14.2 kilowatt-hours per person1999: 13.8 kilowatt-hours per person2000: 14.7 kilowatt-hours per person2001: 14.7 kilowatt-hours per person2002: 17.4 kilowatt-hours per person2003: 16.7 kilowatt-hours per person2004: 16 kilowatt-hours per person2005: 14.4 kilowatt-hours per person2006: 13.2 kilowatt-hours per person2007: 11.8 kilowatt-hours per person2008: 13.7 kilowatt-hours per person2009: 15.3 kilowatt-hours per person2010: 15.3 kilowatt-hours per person2011: 0.436 kilowatt-hours per person2012: 0.639 kilowatt-hours per person2013: 2 kilowatt-hours per person2014: 1.2 kilowatt-hours per person2015: 1.9 kilowatt-hours per person2016: 1.3 kilowatt-hours per person2017: 1.5 kilowatt-hours per person2018: 2.6 kilowatt-hours per person2019: 2 kilowatt-hours per person2020: 0.337 kilowatt-hours per person2021: 1.1 kilowatt-hours per person2022: 0.671 kilowatt-hours per person2023: 0.673 kilowatt-hours per person2024: 0.162 kilowatt-hours per person

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 129th of 219 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.

Coal consumption per person in Cuba, year by year

Year kilowatt-hours per person Change
1980 73.02 kilowatt-hours per person —
1981 86.08 kilowatt-hours per person +17.9%
1982 98.83 kilowatt-hours per person +14.8%
1983 67.88 kilowatt-hours per person -31.3%
1984 82.29 kilowatt-hours per person +21.2%
1985 93.48 kilowatt-hours per person +13.6%
1986 87.54 kilowatt-hours per person -6.4%
1987 61.98 kilowatt-hours per person -29.2%
1988 75.63 kilowatt-hours per person +22.0%
1989 94.72 kilowatt-hours per person +25.2%
1990 78.72 kilowatt-hours per person -16.9%
1991 52.74 kilowatt-hours per person -33.0%
1992 32.91 kilowatt-hours per person -37.6%
1993 16.67 kilowatt-hours per person -49.4%
1994 15.95 kilowatt-hours per person -4.3%
1995 15.57 kilowatt-hours per person -2.4%
1996 15.19 kilowatt-hours per person -2.4%
1997 14.53 kilowatt-hours per person -4.4%
1998 14.18 kilowatt-hours per person -2.4%
1999 13.82 kilowatt-hours per person -2.5%
2000 14.66 kilowatt-hours per person +6.0%
2001 14.67 kilowatt-hours per person +0.1%
2002 17.41 kilowatt-hours per person +18.7%
2003 16.75 kilowatt-hours per person -3.8%
2004 16 kilowatt-hours per person -4.5%
2005 14.45 kilowatt-hours per person -9.7%
2006 13.16 kilowatt-hours per person -8.9%
2007 11.84 kilowatt-hours per person -10.0%
2008 13.72 kilowatt-hours per person +15.9%
2009 15.35 kilowatt-hours per person +11.8%
2010 15.33 kilowatt-hours per person -0.1%
2011 0.4356 kilowatt-hours per person -97.2%
2012 0.6394 kilowatt-hours per person +46.8%
2013 1.97 kilowatt-hours per person +207.7%
2014 1.21 kilowatt-hours per person -38.3%
2015 1.93 kilowatt-hours per person +58.7%
2016 1.27 kilowatt-hours per person -34.2%
2017 1.48 kilowatt-hours per person +17.1%
2018 2.56 kilowatt-hours per person +72.7%
2019 1.99 kilowatt-hours per person -22.3%
2020 0.3373 kilowatt-hours per person -83.1%
2021 1.07 kilowatt-hours per person +215.8%
2022 0.6706 kilowatt-hours per person -37.0%
2023 0.673 kilowatt-hours per person +0.4%
2024 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person -75.9%

Cuba compared with similar countries

  • Cuba's 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 187.01 kilowatt-hours per person, 0% of the median. (57 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Coal consumption per person in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2021 +215.8% 0.3373 kilowatt-hours per person 1.07 kilowatt-hours per person
2013 +207.7% 0.6394 kilowatt-hours per person 1.97 kilowatt-hours per person

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 126 Algeria 4.59 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  2. 127 Paraguay 0.6098 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  3. 128 Costa Rica 0.4107 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  4. 130 Azerbaijan 0.0746 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  5. 131 Fiji 0.0006 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  6. 132 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  7. 132 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  8. 132 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  9. 132 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  10. 132 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  11. 132 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  12. 132 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  13. 132 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  14. 132 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  15. 132 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  16. 132 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  17. 132 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  18. 132 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  19. 132 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  20. 132 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  21. 132 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  22. 132 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  23. 132 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  24. 132 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  25. 132 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  26. 132 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  27. 132 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  28. 132 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  29. 132 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  30. 132 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  31. 132 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  32. 132 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  33. 132 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  34. 132 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  35. 132 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  36. 132 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  37. 132 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  38. 132 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  39. 132 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  40. 132 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  41. 132 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  42. 132 Guadeloupe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  43. 132 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  44. 132 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  45. 132 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  46. 132 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  47. 132 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  48. 132 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  49. 132 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  50. 132 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  51. 132 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  52. 132 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  53. 132 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  54. 132 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  55. 132 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  56. 132 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  57. 132 Martinique 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  58. 132 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  59. 132 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  60. 132 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  61. 132 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  62. 132 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  63. 132 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  64. 132 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  65. 132 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  66. 132 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  67. 132 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  68. 132 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  69. 132 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  70. 132 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  71. 132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  72. 132 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  73. 132 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  74. 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  75. 132 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  76. 132 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  77. 132 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  78. 132 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  79. 132 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  80. 132 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  81. 132 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  82. 132 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  83. 132 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  84. 132 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  85. 132 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  86. 132 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  87. 132 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  88. 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  89. 132 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  90. 132 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  91. 132 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  92. 132 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
  93. 132 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person

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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 129th out of 219 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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Indicator
Coal consumption per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
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
219 places, 10,459 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.