Electricity production from coal sources in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Electricity production from coal sources was 16.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Early-demographic dividend, 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 Early-demographic dividend is 16.7%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 57.5% on the previous year and down 53.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 39.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.7%, in 2024.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 14th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 32.2% | — |
| 1991 | 32.5% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 33.2% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 33.0% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 33.5% | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 34.2% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 33.9% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 33.0% | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 33.1% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 33.2% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 33.7% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 33.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 33.1% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 32.6% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 32.4% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 32.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 32.4% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 32.0% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 32.1% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 32.3% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 33.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 34.3% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 34.6% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 36.0% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 36.4% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 36.7% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 36.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 37.7% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 37.8% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 36.2% | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 35.9% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 37.3% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 39.3% | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | -57.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.1% | 32.2% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 32.0% | 33.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.6% | 32.3% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.1% | 16.7% | 39.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More energy & mining data for Early-demographic dividend
- Fuel imports 15.7% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 4.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 6.9% (2024)
- Fuel exports 18.7% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 11.2% (2024)
- Mineral rents 1.5% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 1.0% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 6.8% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 10.1% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 1,454 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Early-demographic dividend?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Early-demographic dividend was 16.7% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 39.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.7% in 2024.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 14th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.