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Electricity generation from coal in Sweden

Sweden: 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
3.69 terawatt-hours
in 1996
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2020
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Electricity generation from coal in Sweden, 1990–2025

012341990200720251990: 1.1 terawatt-hours1991: 2 terawatt-hours1992: 1.8 terawatt-hours1993: 2.1 terawatt-hours1994: 2.6 terawatt-hours1995: 2.3 terawatt-hours1996: 3.7 terawatt-hours1997: 2 terawatt-hours1998: 2 terawatt-hours1999: 2.2 terawatt-hours2000: 1.6 terawatt-hours2001: 1.9 terawatt-hours2002: 2.4 terawatt-hours2003: 2.9 terawatt-hours2004: 1 terawatt-hours2005: 0.65 terawatt-hours2006: 0.88 terawatt-hours2007: 0.65 terawatt-hours2008: 0.51 terawatt-hours2009: 0.51 terawatt-hours2010: 1 terawatt-hours2011: 0.66 terawatt-hours2012: 0.48 terawatt-hours2013: 0.65 terawatt-hours2014: 0.37 terawatt-hours2015: 0.39 terawatt-hours2016: 0.26 terawatt-hours2017: 0.32 terawatt-hours2018: 0.34 terawatt-hours2019: 0.21 terawatt-hours2020: 0 terawatt-hours2021: 0 terawatt-hours2022: 0 terawatt-hours2023: 0 terawatt-hours2024: 0 terawatt-hours2025: 0 terawatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

In 2025, electricity generation from coal in Sweden stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.

That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity generation from coal in Sweden peaked at 3.69 terawatt-hours in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2020.

Sweden ranks 85th of 211 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.

Electricity generation from coal in Sweden, year by year

Year terawatt-hours Change
1990 1.08 terawatt-hours —
1991 1.96 terawatt-hours +81.5%
1992 1.8 terawatt-hours -8.2%
1993 2.08 terawatt-hours +15.6%
1994 2.61 terawatt-hours +25.5%
1995 2.27 terawatt-hours -13.0%
1996 3.69 terawatt-hours +62.6%
1997 2.01 terawatt-hours -45.5%
1998 2.04 terawatt-hours +1.5%
1999 2.24 terawatt-hours +9.8%
2000 1.64 terawatt-hours -26.8%
2001 1.88 terawatt-hours +14.6%
2002 2.37 terawatt-hours +26.1%
2003 2.85 terawatt-hours +20.3%
2004 1.01 terawatt-hours -64.6%
2005 0.65 terawatt-hours -35.6%
2006 0.88 terawatt-hours +35.4%
2007 0.65 terawatt-hours -26.1%
2008 0.51 terawatt-hours -21.5%
2009 0.51 terawatt-hours +0.0%
2010 1.02 terawatt-hours +100.0%
2011 0.66 terawatt-hours -35.3%
2012 0.48 terawatt-hours -27.3%
2013 0.65 terawatt-hours +35.4%
2014 0.37 terawatt-hours -43.1%
2015 0.39 terawatt-hours +5.4%
2016 0.26 terawatt-hours -33.3%
2017 0.32 terawatt-hours +23.1%
2018 0.34 terawatt-hours +6.3%
2019 0.21 terawatt-hours -38.2%
2020 0 terawatt-hours -100.0%
2021 0 terawatt-hours —
2022 0 terawatt-hours —
2023 0 terawatt-hours —
2024 0 terawatt-hours —
2025 0 terawatt-hours —

Sweden compared with similar countries

  • Sweden's 0 terawatt-hours is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.33 terawatt-hours. (51 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2.18 terawatt-hours 1.08 terawatt-hours 3.69 terawatt-hours 10
2000s 1.29 terawatt-hours 0.51 terawatt-hours 2.85 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 0.47 terawatt-hours 0.21 terawatt-hours 1.02 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 82 Belarus 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 82 Eswatini 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 84 Peru 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 85 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
  5. 85 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
  6. 85 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  7. 85 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
  8. 85 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
  9. 85 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
  10. 85 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
  11. 85 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  12. 85 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
  13. 85 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
  14. 85 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
  15. 85 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
  16. 85 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
  17. 85 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
  18. 85 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
  19. 85 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
  20. 85 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
  21. 85 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
  22. 85 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  23. 85 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
  24. 85 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
  25. 85 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
  26. 85 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
  27. 85 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  28. 85 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
  29. 85 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
  30. 85 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
  31. 85 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
  32. 85 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  33. 85 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
  34. 85 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
  35. 85 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
  36. 85 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
  37. 85 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
  38. 85 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
  39. 85 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
  40. 85 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
  41. 85 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
  42. 85 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
  43. 85 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  44. 85 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
  45. 85 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  46. 85 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
  47. 85 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  48. 85 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  49. 85 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
  50. 85 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
  51. 85 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
  52. 85 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
  53. 85 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  54. 85 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
  55. 85 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
  56. 85 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
  57. 85 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
  58. 85 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
  59. 85 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  60. 85 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
  61. 85 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
  62. 85 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
  63. 85 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
  64. 85 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
  65. 85 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
  66. 85 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
  67. 85 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
  68. 85 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
  69. 85 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
  70. 85 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
  71. 85 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
  72. 85 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
  73. 85 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
  74. 85 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
  75. 85 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
  76. 85 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
  77. 85 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
  78. 85 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
  79. 85 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
  80. 85 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
  81. 85 Malta 0 terawatt-hours compare
  82. 85 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
  83. 85 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
  84. 85 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
  85. 85 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
  86. 85 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
  87. 85 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
  88. 85 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
  89. 85 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
  90. 85 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
  91. 85 Norway 0 terawatt-hours compare
  92. 85 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
  93. 85 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
  94. 85 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  95. 85 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
  96. 85 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours compare
  97. 85 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
  98. 85 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
  99. 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
  100. 85 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
  101. 85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
  102. 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
  103. 85 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  104. 85 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
  105. 85 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
  106. 85 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
  107. 85 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
  108. 85 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  109. 85 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
  110. 85 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  111. 85 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  112. 85 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
  113. 85 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours
  114. 85 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
  115. 85 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  116. 85 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
  117. 85 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
  118. 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
  119. 85 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
  120. 85 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
  121. 85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  122. 85 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
  123. 85 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
  124. 85 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  125. 85 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
  126. 85 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
  127. 85 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
  128. 85 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
  129. 85 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity generation from coal in Sweden?
Electricity generation from coal in Sweden 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 Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 3.69 terawatt-hours in 1996.
What is the lowest electricity generation from coal recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2020.
How does Sweden rank for electricity generation from coal?
Sweden ranks 85th out of 211 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity generation from coal rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Sweden 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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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from coal
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 6,154 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.