Coal consumption per person in Tunisia
Tunisia: Coal consumption per person was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coal consumption per person in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia stood at 0 kilowatt-hours per person. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal consumption per person in Tunisia peaked at 29.59 kilowatt-hours per person in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours per person, in 2023.
That places Tunisia 132nd out of 219 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 per person in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 23.69 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1981 | 28.68 kilowatt-hours per person | +21.0% |
| 1982 | 15.1 kilowatt-hours per person | -47.3% |
| 1983 | 29.59 kilowatt-hours per person | +95.9% |
| 1984 | 24.78 kilowatt-hours per person | -16.3% |
| 1985 | 21.12 kilowatt-hours per person | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 11.77 kilowatt-hours per person | -44.3% |
| 1987 | 15.31 kilowatt-hours per person | +30.1% |
| 1988 | 27.11 kilowatt-hours per person | +77.1% |
| 1989 | 27.43 kilowatt-hours per person | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 13.43 kilowatt-hours per person | -51.0% |
| 1991 | 10.5 kilowatt-hours per person | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 12.88 kilowatt-hours per person | +22.6% |
| 1993 | 11.78 kilowatt-hours per person | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 7.75 kilowatt-hours per person | -34.3% |
| 1995 | 1.34 kilowatt-hours per person | -82.7% |
| 1996 | 3.08 kilowatt-hours per person | +129.5% |
| 1997 | 1.2 kilowatt-hours per person | -60.9% |
| 1998 | 1.27 kilowatt-hours per person | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3171 kilowatt-hours per person | -75.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0927 kilowatt-hours per person | -70.8% |
| 2001 | 2.26 kilowatt-hours per person | +2334.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0513 kilowatt-hours per person | -97.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8848 kilowatt-hours per person | +1624.8% |
| 2004 | 1.89 kilowatt-hours per person | +114.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3894 kilowatt-hours per person | -79.4% |
| 2006 | 2.1 kilowatt-hours per person | +440.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3827 kilowatt-hours per person | -81.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8267 kilowatt-hours per person | +116.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6842 kilowatt-hours per person | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 1.45 kilowatt-hours per person | +112.1% |
| 2011 | 3.29 kilowatt-hours per person | +126.5% |
| 2012 | 1.9 kilowatt-hours per person | -42.2% |
| 2013 | 2.35 kilowatt-hours per person | +23.7% |
| 2014 | 2.05 kilowatt-hours per person | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4657 kilowatt-hours per person | -77.3% |
| 2016 | 1.23 kilowatt-hours per person | +164.5% |
| 2017 | 2.61 kilowatt-hours per person | +111.7% |
| 2018 | 1.81 kilowatt-hours per person | -30.7% |
| 2019 | 1.98 kilowatt-hours per person | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 1.69 kilowatt-hours per person | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 1.65 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4379 kilowatt-hours per person | -73.4% |
| 2023 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | -100.0% |
| 2024 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 0 kilowatt-hours per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.24 kilowatt-hours per person. (47 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 0 kilowatt-hours per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 50.39 kilowatt-hours per person. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coal consumption per person in Tunisia 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +2334.2% | 0.0927 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.26 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 2003 | +1624.8% | 0.0513 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.8848 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 2006 | +440.4% | 0.3894 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.1 kilowatt-hours per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.46 kilowatt-hours per person | 11.77 kilowatt-hours per person | 29.59 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.36 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.3171 kilowatt-hours per person | 13.43 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9566 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0513 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.26 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.91 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.4657 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.29 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7557 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.69 kilowatt-hours per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 129 Cuba 0.1621 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 130 Azerbaijan 0.0746 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 131 Fiji 0.0006 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Guadeloupe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Martinique 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 132 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 132 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person
More energy & mining data for Tunisia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.7845 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 18.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal consumption per person in Tunisia?
- Coal consumption per person in Tunisia was 0 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.59 kilowatt-hours per person in 1983.
- What is the lowest coal consumption per person recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2023.
- How does Tunisia rank for coal consumption per person?
- Tunisia ranks 132nd out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coal consumption per person rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.