Electricity production from coal sources in Czechia
Czechia: Electricity production from coal sources was 36.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Czechia, 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 Czechia is 36.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.1% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Czechia peaked at 76.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 36.3%, in 2024.
Czechia ranks 22nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 76.1% | — |
| 1991 | 76.3% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 75.0% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 74.3% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 72.8% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 73.7% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 73.1% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 73.9% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 73.0% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 71.6% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 74.8% | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 73.6% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 68.5% | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 63.8% | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 62.6% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 63.3% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 61.9% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 64.3% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 62.0% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 59.2% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 57.9% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 56.6% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 53.3% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 50.3% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 52.3% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 53.6% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 50.5% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 49.5% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 45.3% | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 40.1% | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 40.9% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 44.1% | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 39.5% | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 36.3% | -8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.0% | 71.6% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.4% | 59.2% | 74.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.0% | 45.3% | 57.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.2% | 36.3% | 44.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
- 19 North Macedonia 40.2% compare
- 20 Montenegro 39.1% compare
- 21 New Caledonia 39.0% compare
- 23 Estonia 34.9% compare
- 24 Türkiye 34.5% compare
- 25 North Korea 33.6% compare
More energy & mining data for Czechia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.85 % 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)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 5.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Czechia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Czechia was 36.3% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.3% in 2024.
- How does Czechia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Czechia ranks 22nd out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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.