Share of primary energy from coal in Croatia
Croatia: Share of primary energy from coal was 2.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary energy from coal in Croatia, 1990–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of primary energy from coal in Croatia stood at 2.9%.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 67.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary energy from coal in Croatia peaked at 10.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 1996.
That places Croatia 46th out of 79 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of primary energy from coal in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10.1% | — |
| 1991 | 7.2% | -28.2% |
| 1992 | 6.5% | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 5.3% | -18.5% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | -36.7% |
| 1995 | 2.6% | -20.5% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | -20.3% |
| 1997 | 3.5% | +63.7% |
| 1998 | 3.1% | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 2.7% | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 6.0% | +118.9% |
| 2001 | 6.4% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 7.5% | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 8.3% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 7.7% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 8.0% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 8.6% | +36.6% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 9.8% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 5.4% | -41.5% |
| 2018 | 5.1% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 5.8% | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | -21.0% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | -31.3% |
| 2025 | 2.9% | -7.0% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 2.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.9%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 2.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.4%, 86% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of primary energy from coal in Croatia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +118.9% | 2.7% | 6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 2.1% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.5% | 6.0% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 5.1% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 2.9% | 5.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More energy & mining data for Croatia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 5.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- 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 (2025)
- Fuel imports 15.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary energy from coal in Croatia?
- Share of primary energy from coal in Croatia was 2.9% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary energy from coal recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of primary energy from coal recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 1996.
- How does Croatia rank for share of primary energy from coal?
- Croatia ranks 46th out of 79 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary energy from coal rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary energy from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.