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Electricity generation from coal per person in Peru

Peru: Electricity generation from coal per person was 0.2892 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.2892 kilowatt-hours
World rank
84th
of 211 countries
All-time high
43.65 kilowatt-hours
in 2012
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours
in 2024
Years of data
26
2000–2025

Electricity generation from coal per person in Peru, 2000–2025

0102030402000201220252000: 13.2 kilowatt-hours2001: 11.5 kilowatt-hours2002: 28.6 kilowatt-hours2003: 27.9 kilowatt-hours2004: 33 kilowatt-hours2005: 28.5 kilowatt-hours2006: 29 kilowatt-hours2007: 29.8 kilowatt-hours2008: 30.6 kilowatt-hours2009: 27 kilowatt-hours2010: 29.2 kilowatt-hours2011: 21.2 kilowatt-hours2012: 43.7 kilowatt-hours2013: 40.9 kilowatt-hours2014: 11 kilowatt-hours2015: 13.5 kilowatt-hours2016: 32.1 kilowatt-hours2017: 24.3 kilowatt-hours2018: 4.1 kilowatt-hours2019: 4.9 kilowatt-hours2020: 4.3 kilowatt-hours2021: 4.2 kilowatt-hours2022: 5.1 kilowatt-hours2023: 1.2 kilowatt-hours2024: 0 kilowatt-hours2025: 0.289 kilowatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.2892 kilowatt-hours for electricity generation from coal per person in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 97.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity generation from coal per person in Peru peaked at 43.65 kilowatt-hours in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours, in 2024.

Peru ranks 84th of 211 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.

Electricity generation from coal per person in Peru, year by year

Year kilowatt-hours Change
2000 13.16 kilowatt-hours —
2001 11.5 kilowatt-hours -12.6%
2002 28.58 kilowatt-hours +148.6%
2003 27.92 kilowatt-hours -2.3%
2004 33.03 kilowatt-hours +18.3%
2005 28.47 kilowatt-hours -13.8%
2006 28.95 kilowatt-hours +1.7%
2007 29.79 kilowatt-hours +2.9%
2008 30.64 kilowatt-hours +2.9%
2009 26.99 kilowatt-hours -11.9%
2010 29.22 kilowatt-hours +8.3%
2011 21.16 kilowatt-hours -27.6%
2012 43.65 kilowatt-hours +106.3%
2013 40.91 kilowatt-hours -6.3%
2014 10.96 kilowatt-hours -73.2%
2015 13.46 kilowatt-hours +22.8%
2016 32.07 kilowatt-hours +138.3%
2017 24.26 kilowatt-hours -24.4%
2018 4.08 kilowatt-hours -83.2%
2019 4.93 kilowatt-hours +21.0%
2020 4.26 kilowatt-hours -13.5%
2021 4.22 kilowatt-hours -1.0%
2022 5.08 kilowatt-hours +20.3%
2023 1.18 kilowatt-hours -76.7%
2024 0 kilowatt-hours -100.0%
2025 0.2892 kilowatt-hours —

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 0.2892 kilowatt-hours is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1446 kilowatt-hours, 2.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 25.9 kilowatt-hours 11.5 kilowatt-hours 33.03 kilowatt-hours 10
2010s 22.47 kilowatt-hours 4.08 kilowatt-hours 43.65 kilowatt-hours 10
2020s 2.51 kilowatt-hours 0 kilowatt-hours 5.08 kilowatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 81 United Kingdom 4.74 kilowatt-hours compare
  2. 82 Belarus 2.22 kilowatt-hours compare
  3. 83 Afghanistan 0.7034 kilowatt-hours compare
  4. 85 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours
  5. 85 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours
  6. 85 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours
  7. 85 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours
  8. 85 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours
  9. 85 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours
  10. 85 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours
  11. 85 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  12. 85 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours
  13. 85 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours
  14. 85 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours
  15. 85 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours
  16. 85 Belgium 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  17. 85 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours
  18. 85 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours
  19. 85 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours
  20. 85 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours
  21. 85 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours
  22. 85 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  23. 85 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours
  24. 85 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours
  25. 85 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours
  26. 85 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours
  27. 85 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  28. 85 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours
  29. 85 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours
  30. 85 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours
  31. 85 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours
  32. 85 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  33. 85 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours
  34. 85 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours
  35. 85 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours
  36. 85 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours
  37. 85 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours
  38. 85 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours
  39. 85 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours
  40. 85 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours
  41. 85 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours
  42. 85 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours
  43. 85 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
  44. 85 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours
  45. 85 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  46. 85 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours
  47. 85 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  48. 85 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  49. 85 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours
  50. 85 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours
  51. 85 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours
  52. 85 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours
  53. 85 Georgia 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  54. 85 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours
  55. 85 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours
  56. 85 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours
  57. 85 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours
  58. 85 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours
  59. 85 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
  60. 85 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours
  61. 85 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours
  62. 85 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours
  63. 85 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours
  64. 85 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours
  65. 85 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours
  66. 85 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours
  67. 85 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours
  68. 85 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours
  69. 85 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours
  70. 85 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours
  71. 85 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours
  72. 85 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours
  73. 85 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours
  74. 85 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours
  75. 85 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours
  76. 85 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours
  77. 85 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours
  78. 85 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours
  79. 85 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours
  80. 85 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours
  81. 85 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  82. 85 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours
  83. 85 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours
  84. 85 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours
  85. 85 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours
  86. 85 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours
  87. 85 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours
  88. 85 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours
  89. 85 Nigeria 0 kilowatt-hours
  90. 85 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours
  91. 85 Norway 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  92. 85 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours
  93. 85 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours
  94. 85 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
  95. 85 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours
  96. 85 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  97. 85 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours
  98. 85 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours
  99. 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours
  100. 85 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours
  101. 85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours
  102. 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours
  103. 85 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours
  104. 85 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours
  105. 85 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours
  106. 85 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours
  107. 85 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours
  108. 85 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  109. 85 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours
  110. 85 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours
  111. 85 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours
  112. 85 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours
  113. 85 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  114. 85 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours
  115. 85 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours
  116. 85 Tanzania 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  117. 85 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours
  118. 85 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours
  119. 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours
  120. 85 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours
  121. 85 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours
  122. 85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  123. 85 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours
  124. 85 United Arab Emirates 0 kilowatt-hours compare
  125. 85 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
  126. 85 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours
  127. 85 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours
  128. 85 Venezuela 0 kilowatt-hours
  129. 85 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours
  130. 85 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity generation from coal per person in Peru?
Electricity generation from coal per person in Peru was 0.2892 kilowatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity generation from coal per person recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 43.65 kilowatt-hours in 2012.
What is the lowest electricity generation from coal per person recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2024.
How does Peru rank for electricity generation from coal per person?
Peru ranks 84th out of 211 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity generation from coal per person rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 97.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from coal per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Electricity generation from coal per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
211 places, 6,072 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.