Electricity generation from coal in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Electricity generation from coal was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
85th
of 211 countries
All-time high
3.01 terawatt-hours
in 2021
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1985
Years of data
40
1985–2024
Electricity generation from coal in United Arab Emirates, 1985–2024
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 0 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from coal in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from coal in United Arab Emirates peaked at 3.01 terawatt-hours in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1985.
That places United Arab Emirates 85th out of 211 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.
Electricity generation from coal in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 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 | 0.73 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 3.01 terawatt-hours | +312.3% |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 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 | 0.748 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 3.01 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 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 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 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 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 United Arab Emirates
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 3.48 % 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 (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 4.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from coal in United Arab Emirates?
- Electricity generation from coal in United Arab Emirates was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024, 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 3.01 terawatt-hours in 2021.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from coal recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1985.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for electricity generation from coal?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 85th out of 211 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.