Coal production in Belgium
Belgium: Coal production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
68th
of 220 countries
All-time high
226.33 terawatt-hours
in 1952
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1993
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production in Belgium, 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
Belgium 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 Belgium peaked at 226.33 terawatt-hours in 1952 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1993.
Belgium 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.
Coal production in Belgium, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 174.78 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1901 | 165.47 terawatt-hours | -5.3% |
| 1902 | 170.41 terawatt-hours | +3.0% |
| 1903 | 177.26 terawatt-hours | +4.0% |
| 1904 | 169.55 terawatt-hours | -4.4% |
| 1905 | 162.2 terawatt-hours | -4.3% |
| 1906 | 175.57 terawatt-hours | +8.2% |
| 1907 | 176.58 terawatt-hours | +0.6% |
| 1908 | 175.56 terawatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 1909 | 175.19 terawatt-hours | -0.2% |
| 1910 | 178.16 terawatt-hours | +1.7% |
| 1911 | 171.73 terawatt-hours | -3.6% |
| 1912 | 171.12 terawatt-hours | -0.4% |
| 1913 | 170.15 terawatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 1914 | 124.5 terawatt-hours | -26.8% |
| 1915 | 105.61 terawatt-hours | -15.2% |
| 1916 | 140.51 terawatt-hours | +33.0% |
| 1917 | 111.22 terawatt-hours | -20.8% |
| 1918 | 103.47 terawatt-hours | -7.0% |
| 1919 | 137.68 terawatt-hours | +33.1% |
| 1920 | 166.78 terawatt-hours | +21.1% |
| 1921 | 162.02 terawatt-hours | -2.8% |
| 1922 | 157.98 terawatt-hours | -2.5% |
| 1923 | 170.75 terawatt-hours | +8.1% |
| 1924 | 174.02 terawatt-hours | +1.9% |
| 1925 | 172.05 terawatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 1926 | 187.94 terawatt-hours | +9.2% |
| 1927 | 205.23 terawatt-hours | +9.2% |
| 1928 | 205.43 terawatt-hours | +0.1% |
| 1929 | 200.68 terawatt-hours | -2.3% |
| 1930 | 204.22 terawatt-hours | +1.8% |
| 1931 | 201.44 terawatt-hours | -1.4% |
| 1932 | 159.59 terawatt-hours | -20.8% |
| 1933 | 188.46 terawatt-hours | +18.1% |
| 1934 | 196.57 terawatt-hours | +4.3% |
| 1935 | 197.44 terawatt-hours | +0.4% |
| 1936 | 207.58 terawatt-hours | +5.1% |
| 1937 | 222.42 terawatt-hours | +7.1% |
| 1938 | 220.38 terawatt-hours | -0.9% |
| 1939 | 222.31 terawatt-hours | +0.9% |
| 1940 | 190.24 terawatt-hours | -14.4% |
| 1941 | 199.05 terawatt-hours | +4.6% |
| 1942 | 186.63 terawatt-hours | -6.2% |
| 1943 | 176.82 terawatt-hours | -5.3% |
| 1944 | 100.78 terawatt-hours | -43.0% |
| 1945 | 117.94 terawatt-hours | +17.0% |
| 1946 | 170.22 terawatt-hours | +44.3% |
| 1947 | 182.02 terawatt-hours | +6.9% |
| 1948 | 198.73 terawatt-hours | +9.2% |
| 1949 | 207.49 terawatt-hours | +4.4% |
| 1950 | 203.51 terawatt-hours | -1.9% |
| 1951 | 220.87 terawatt-hours | +8.5% |
| 1952 | 226.33 terawatt-hours | +2.5% |
| 1953 | 223.92 terawatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 1954 | 217.88 terawatt-hours | -2.7% |
| 1955 | 222.88 terawatt-hours | +2.3% |
| 1956 | 219.46 terawatt-hours | -1.5% |
| 1957 | 216.03 terawatt-hours | -1.6% |
| 1958 | 201.59 terawatt-hours | -6.7% |
| 1959 | 169.52 terawatt-hours | -15.9% |
| 1960 | 167.37 terawatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 1961 | 160.44 terawatt-hours | -4.1% |
| 1962 | 157.95 terawatt-hours | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 159.53 terawatt-hours | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 158.7 terawatt-hours | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 147.39 terawatt-hours | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 130.35 terawatt-hours | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 122.42 terawatt-hours | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 110.29 terawatt-hours | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 98.33 terawatt-hours | -10.8% |
| 1970 | 84.64 terawatt-hours | -13.9% |
| 1971 | 81.61 terawatt-hours | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 78.21 terawatt-hours | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 65.86 terawatt-hours | -15.8% |
| 1974 | 60.42 terawatt-hours | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 55.71 terawatt-hours | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 53.92 terawatt-hours | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 52.65 terawatt-hours | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 49.09 terawatt-hours | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 45.63 terawatt-hours | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 49.48 terawatt-hours | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 48.31 terawatt-hours | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 51.1 terawatt-hours | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 47.59 terawatt-hours | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 49.22 terawatt-hours | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 48.48 terawatt-hours | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 43.62 terawatt-hours | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 33.7 terawatt-hours | -22.7% |
| 1988 | 18.71 terawatt-hours | -44.5% |
| 1989 | 14.04 terawatt-hours | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 7.68 terawatt-hours | -45.3% |
| 1991 | 4.7 terawatt-hours | -38.8% |
| 1992 | 1.62 terawatt-hours | -65.6% |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coal production in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -100.0% | 1.62 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours |
| 1992 | -65.6% | 4.7 terawatt-hours | 1.62 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 172.26 terawatt-hours | 162.2 terawatt-hours | 177.26 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 141.42 terawatt-hours | 103.47 terawatt-hours | 178.16 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 180.29 terawatt-hours | 157.98 terawatt-hours | 205.43 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 202.04 terawatt-hours | 159.59 terawatt-hours | 222.42 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 172.99 terawatt-hours | 100.78 terawatt-hours | 207.49 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 212.2 terawatt-hours | 169.52 terawatt-hours | 226.33 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 141.28 terawatt-hours | 98.33 terawatt-hours | 167.37 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 62.77 terawatt-hours | 45.63 terawatt-hours | 84.64 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.43 terawatt-hours | 14.04 terawatt-hours | 51.1 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 7.68 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 Belgium
- 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 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 Belgium
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -2.47 % 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 0.0001 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 16.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal production in Belgium?
- Coal production in Belgium 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 226.33 terawatt-hours in 1952.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1993.
- How does Belgium rank for coal production?
- Belgium ranks 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Belgium 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.