Coal production in Portugal
Portugal: Coal production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
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
In 2024, coal production in Portugal stood at 0 terawatt-hours. 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.
That places Portugal 68th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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, Republic of 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 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 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 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, The 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 (China) 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Ireland 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 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Macau (China) 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Madagascar, Republic of 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 Naoero, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Netherlands 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 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 Chinese Taipei 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 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 216 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.