Electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Electricity production from coal sources was 29.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria, 1990–2023
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 Bulgaria is 29.1%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.4% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria peaked at 54.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 29.1%, in 2023.
Bulgaria ranks 32nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 50.3% | — |
| 1991 | 51.4% | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 50.6% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 45.8% | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 45.0% | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 42.0% | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 40.7% | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 45.1% | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 44.5% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 43.1% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 42.0% | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 44.9% | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 40.7% | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 45.7% | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 45.9% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 42.0% | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 41.9% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 51.9% | +23.8% |
| 2008 | 51.6% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 49.1% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 48.5% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 54.2% | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 48.4% | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 44.3% | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 44.9% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 45.8% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 42.8% | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 45.9% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 39.8% | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 38.9% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 33.2% | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 35.9% | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 43.1% | +20.1% |
| 2023 | 29.1% | -32.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.8% | 40.7% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.6% | 40.7% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.3% | 38.9% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.4% | 29.1% | 43.1% | 4 |
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- 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)
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- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
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- Fuel imports 12.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria was 29.1% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.1% in 2023.
- How does Bulgaria rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Bulgaria ranks 32nd out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.