Coal production in Argentina
Argentina: Coal production was 0.015 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.015 terawatt-hours
Change on year
down 90.2%
World rank
66th
of 220 countries
All-time high
4.99 terawatt-hours
in 1979
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production in Argentina, 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
The most recent figure for coal production in Argentina is 0.015 terawatt-hours, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 90.2% on the previous year and down 96.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal production in Argentina peaked at 4.99 terawatt-hours in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1900.
Argentina ranks 66th 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.
Coal production in Argentina, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1901 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1902 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1903 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1904 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1905 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1906 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1907 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1908 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1909 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1910 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1911 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1912 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1913 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1914 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1915 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1916 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1917 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1918 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1919 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1920 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1921 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1922 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1923 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1924 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1925 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1926 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1927 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1928 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1929 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1930 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1931 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1932 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1933 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1934 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1935 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1936 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1937 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1938 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1939 | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1940 | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1942 | 0.0275 terawatt-hours | +300.0% |
| 1943 | 0.0618 terawatt-hours | +125.0% |
| 1944 | 0.0343 terawatt-hours | -44.4% |
| 1945 | 0.0206 terawatt-hours | -40.0% |
| 1946 | 0.0206 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1947 | 0.0961 terawatt-hours | +366.7% |
| 1948 | 0.1235 terawatt-hours | +28.6% |
| 1949 | 0.1235 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.1784 terawatt-hours | +44.4% |
| 1951 | 0.2745 terawatt-hours | +53.8% |
| 1952 | 0.7686 terawatt-hours | +180.0% |
| 1953 | 0.5696 terawatt-hours | -25.9% |
| 1954 | 0.6382 terawatt-hours | +12.0% |
| 1955 | 0.9333 terawatt-hours | +46.2% |
| 1956 | 1.11 terawatt-hours | +19.1% |
| 1957 | 1.59 terawatt-hours | +42.6% |
| 1958 | 1.79 terawatt-hours | +13.0% |
| 1959 | 2.07 terawatt-hours | +15.3% |
| 1960 | 1.86 terawatt-hours | -10.0% |
| 1961 | 2.33 terawatt-hours | +25.5% |
| 1962 | 1.96 terawatt-hours | -15.9% |
| 1963 | 1.42 terawatt-hours | -27.6% |
| 1964 | 2.28 terawatt-hours | +60.4% |
| 1965 | 2.57 terawatt-hours | +12.7% |
| 1966 | 2.45 terawatt-hours | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 2.78 terawatt-hours | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 3.24 terawatt-hours | +16.5% |
| 1969 | 3.52 terawatt-hours | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 4.23 terawatt-hours | +20.1% |
| 1971 | 4.34 terawatt-hours | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 4.76 terawatt-hours | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 3.11 terawatt-hours | -34.7% |
| 1974 | 4.3 terawatt-hours | +38.2% |
| 1975 | 3.45 terawatt-hours | -19.8% |
| 1976 | 4.22 terawatt-hours | +22.5% |
| 1977 | 3.66 terawatt-hours | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 2.98 terawatt-hours | -18.6% |
| 1979 | 4.99 terawatt-hours | +67.5% |
| 1980 | 2.56 terawatt-hours | -48.7% |
| 1981 | 3.27 terawatt-hours | +27.7% |
| 1982 | 3.38 terawatt-hours | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 3.19 terawatt-hours | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 3.34 terawatt-hours | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 2.63 terawatt-hours | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 2.39 terawatt-hours | -9.0% |
| 1987 | 2.45 terawatt-hours | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 3.36 terawatt-hours | +37.3% |
| 1989 | 3.37 terawatt-hours | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.81 terawatt-hours | -46.3% |
| 1991 | 1.92 terawatt-hours | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 1.33 terawatt-hours | -30.8% |
| 1993 | 1.1 terawatt-hours | -16.8% |
| 1994 | 2.28 terawatt-hours | +106.5% |
| 1995 | 2 terawatt-hours | -12.1% |
| 1996 | 2.03 terawatt-hours | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1.65 terawatt-hours | -19.0% |
| 1998 | 1.9 terawatt-hours | +15.5% |
| 1999 | 2.21 terawatt-hours | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 1.7 terawatt-hours | -22.9% |
| 2001 | 1.22 terawatt-hours | -28.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6367 terawatt-hours | -47.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5907 terawatt-hours | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 0.6104 terawatt-hours | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6301 terawatt-hours | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5514 terawatt-hours | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6892 terawatt-hours | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5973 terawatt-hours | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4989 terawatt-hours | -16.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5284 terawatt-hours | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5579 terawatt-hours | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6236 terawatt-hours | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5185 terawatt-hours | -16.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3741 terawatt-hours | -27.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2232 terawatt-hours | -40.4% |
| 2016 | 0.151 terawatt-hours | -32.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1293 terawatt-hours | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1556 terawatt-hours | +20.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1444 terawatt-hours | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1301 terawatt-hours | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1812 terawatt-hours | +39.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1773 terawatt-hours | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1534 terawatt-hours | -13.5% |
| 2024 | 0.015 terawatt-hours | -90.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coal production in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | +366.7% | 0.0206 terawatt-hours | 0.0961 terawatt-hours |
| 1942 | +300.0% | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | 0.0275 terawatt-hours |
| 1952 | +180.0% | 0.2745 terawatt-hours | 0.7686 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.0007 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0522 terawatt-hours | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | 0.1235 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.9917 terawatt-hours | 0.1784 terawatt-hours | 2.07 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.44 terawatt-hours | 1.42 terawatt-hours | 3.52 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 4 terawatt-hours | 2.98 terawatt-hours | 4.99 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.99 terawatt-hours | 2.39 terawatt-hours | 3.38 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.82 terawatt-hours | 1.1 terawatt-hours | 2.28 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7726 terawatt-hours | 0.4989 terawatt-hours | 1.7 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3406 terawatt-hours | 0.1293 terawatt-hours | 0.6236 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1314 terawatt-hours | 0.015 terawatt-hours | 0.1812 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 63 Chile 0.1445 terawatt-hours compare
- 64 Cambodia 0.0952 terawatt-hours compare
- 65 Nepal 0.02 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 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cape 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 Cote 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 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 East Timor 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 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 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 Macao 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 (country) 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 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Helena 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 Slovakia 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 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Taiwan 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 Argentina
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.19 % 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 6.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal production in Argentina?
- Coal production in Argentina was 0.015 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 4.99 terawatt-hours in 1979.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1900.
- How does Argentina rank for coal production?
- Argentina ranks 66th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coal production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina 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.