Electricity production from coal sources in Estonia
Estonia: Electricity production from coal sources was 34.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Estonia, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 34.9% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 28.6% on the previous year and down 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Estonia peaked at 96.0% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 34.9%, in 2024.
Estonia ranks 23rd 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 Estonia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 90.9% | — |
| 1991 | 89.5% | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 93.9% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 93.7% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 96.0% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 95.6% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 95.3% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 94.9% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 93.3% | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 92.1% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 92.3% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 93.1% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 94.2% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 94.3% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 93.3% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 92.8% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 95.7% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 93.8% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 92.1% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 89.3% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 88.6% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 86.1% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 87.4% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 82.8% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 83.7% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 83.9% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 82.0% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 70.2% | -14.4% |
| 2020 | 49.1% | -30.0% |
| 2021 | 57.7% | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 66.0% | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 48.9% | -25.9% |
| 2024 | 34.9% | -28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.6% | 89.5% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.4% | 92.1% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.3% | 70.2% | 89.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.3% | 34.9% | 66.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 20 Montenegro 39.1% compare
- 21 New Caledonia 39.0% compare
- 22 Czechia 36.3% compare
- 24 Turkey 34.5% compare
- 25 North Korea 33.6% compare
- 26 Mauritius 33.5% compare
More energy & mining data for Estonia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -5.58 % 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 (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 8.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Estonia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Estonia was 34.9% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 1994.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.9% in 2024.
- How does Estonia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Estonia ranks 23rd out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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.