Electricity production from coal sources in Brazil
Brazil: Electricity production from coal sources was 2.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Brazil, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from coal sources in Brazil is 2.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Brazil peaked at 4.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 1994.
That places Brazil 73rd out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.1% | — |
| 1991 | 2.4% | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 2.1% | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 2.0% | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 1.9% | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 2.0% | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 2.4% | +14.6% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 2.9% | +33.9% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 2.5% | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | -19.5% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | +47.8% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 4.6% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | -17.1% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | +31.4% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -42.7% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.2% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 3.7% | 5 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.99 % 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 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Fuel imports 11.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Brazil?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Brazil was 2.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 1994.
- How does Brazil rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Brazil ranks 73rd out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from coal sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.