Coal production in Portugal
Portugal: Coal production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
68th
of 220 countries
All-time high
5.25 terawatt-hours
in 1958
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1995
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production in Portugal, 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
Portugal 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 Portugal peaked at 5.25 terawatt-hours in 1958 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1995.
Portugal ranks 68th of 220 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 | 0.1042 terawatt-hours | 0.0407 terawatt-hours | 0.2442 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.6472 terawatt-hours | 0.0651 terawatt-hours | 1.54 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 1.35 terawatt-hours | 0.9484 terawatt-hours | 1.77 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.96 terawatt-hours | 1.58 terawatt-hours | 2.58 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 3.81 terawatt-hours | 3.26 terawatt-hours | 4.49 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 4.2 terawatt-hours | 3.65 terawatt-hours | 5.25 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.88 terawatt-hours | 3.43 terawatt-hours | 4.47 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.79 terawatt-hours | 1.46 terawatt-hours | 2.21 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.31 terawatt-hours | 1.08 terawatt-hours | 1.59 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.682 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 1.72 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 Portugal
- 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
- 68 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Brunei Darussalam 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cabo Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Côte d’Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Timor-Leste 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Finland 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 France 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Hong Kong (China) 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Italy 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Macau (China) 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Palestine, State of 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Réunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Slovak Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Syrian Arab Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Chinese Taipei 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Portugal
- Fuel imports 8.5% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 2.5% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 2.7% (2025)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 0 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 Portugal?
- Coal production in Portugal 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 5.25 terawatt-hours in 1958.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1995.
- How does Portugal rank for coal production?
- Portugal ranks 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Portugal 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.