Electricity generation from coal in Belgium
Belgium: Electricity generation from coal was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
85th
of 211 countries
All-time high
17.09 terawatt-hours
in 1990
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2017
Years of data
36
1990–2025
Electricity generation from coal in Belgium, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from coal in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from coal in Belgium peaked at 17.09 terawatt-hours in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2017.
That places Belgium 85th out of 211 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity generation from coal in Belgium, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17.09 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 16.51 terawatt-hours | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 16.01 terawatt-hours | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 16.3 terawatt-hours | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 16.98 terawatt-hours | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 16.52 terawatt-hours | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 15.55 terawatt-hours | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 13.75 terawatt-hours | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 14.19 terawatt-hours | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 9.94 terawatt-hours | -30.0% |
| 2000 | 12.92 terawatt-hours | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 9.94 terawatt-hours | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 10.03 terawatt-hours | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 9.64 terawatt-hours | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 9.15 terawatt-hours | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 8.2 terawatt-hours | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 6.85 terawatt-hours | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 6.47 terawatt-hours | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 5.55 terawatt-hours | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 5.18 terawatt-hours | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 4.2 terawatt-hours | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 3.48 terawatt-hours | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 3.39 terawatt-hours | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 3.01 terawatt-hours | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 2.09 terawatt-hours | -30.6% |
| 2015 | 2.07 terawatt-hours | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.39 terawatt-hours | -81.2% |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 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 | — |
| 2025 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0 terawatt-hours is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.33 terawatt-hours. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation from coal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -100.0% | 0.39 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours |
| 2016 | -81.2% | 2.07 terawatt-hours | 0.39 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.28 terawatt-hours | 9.94 terawatt-hours | 17.09 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.39 terawatt-hours | 5.18 terawatt-hours | 12.92 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 4.2 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 82 Belarus 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
- 82 Eswatini 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
- 84 Peru 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Malta 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Norway 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 85 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 85 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 electricity generation from coal in Belgium?
- Electricity generation from coal in Belgium was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from coal recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 17.09 terawatt-hours in 1990.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from coal recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for electricity generation from coal?
- Belgium ranks 85th out of 211 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from coal rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.