Coal production in Ireland
Ireland: Coal production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
68th
of 216 countries
All-time high
1.96 terawatt-hours
in 1957
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production in Ireland, 1900–2024
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0 terawatt-hours for coal production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
Over the whole period, coal production in Ireland peaked at 1.96 terawatt-hours in 1957 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1900.
Ireland ranks 68th of 216 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.5862 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.7897 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2988 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.8955 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.8182 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 1.04 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.45 terawatt-hours | 0.9606 terawatt-hours | 1.8 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.66 terawatt-hours | 1.35 terawatt-hours | 1.96 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.6 terawatt-hours | 1.25 terawatt-hours | 1.9 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5805 terawatt-hours | 0.171 terawatt-hours | 1.27 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4302 terawatt-hours | 0.3189 terawatt-hours | 0.5562 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0185 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.1854 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 65 Nepal 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
- 66 Argentina 0.015 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Armenia 0.0002 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Angola 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Bahamas, The 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Belarus, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Benin 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Brunei Darussalam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cabo Verde 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Chad 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Comoros, Union of the 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Congo, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Côte d’Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Croatia, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Eritrea, The State of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Estonia, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Fiji, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Finland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 France 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Guam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Italy 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Latvia, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Lithuania, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Mali 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Malta 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Moldova, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Nauru, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Netherlands, The 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Oman 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Panama 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Réunion 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 St. Lucia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Slovak Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 South Sudan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Syrian Arab Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Taiwan Province of China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Togo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Yemen, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for Ireland
- Fuel imports 6.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 1.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 0.6% (2024)
- Gas production 11.53 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 2,195 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 11.53 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 2,195 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal production in Ireland?
- Coal production in Ireland was 0 terawatt-hours 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 production recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.96 terawatt-hours in 1957.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1900.
- How does Ireland rank for coal production?
- Ireland ranks 68th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Ireland 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 production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.