Electricity production from coal sources in Euro area
Euro area: Electricity production from coal sources was 7.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Euro area, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 7.1% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.0% on the previous year and down 68.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Euro area peaked at 33.9% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 33.9% | — |
| 1991 | 32.7% | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 31.5% | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 30.2% | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 30.1% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 30.0% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 28.9% | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 28.3% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 28.3% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 27.4% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 27.8% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 27.0% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 27.6% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 27.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 26.8% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 25.8% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 24.9% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 25.7% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 22.9% | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 21.2% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 22.4% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 23.6% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 23.2% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 22.7% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 22.9% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 19.9% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 18.3% | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | -28.6% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | -24.2% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | +15.8% |
| 2022 | 13.2% | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 9.1% | -31.3% |
| 2024 | 7.1% | -22.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.1% | 27.4% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.8% | 21.8% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 13.0% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 7.1% | 13.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More energy & mining data for Euro area
- Fuel imports 12.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 3.6% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 2.9% (2024)
- Fuel exports 5.6% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 6.3% (2024)
- Mineral rents 0.0% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.0% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 0.1% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 23.4% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 6,014 kWh per capita (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Euro area?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Euro area was 7.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 1990.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2024.
- How does Euro area rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Euro area ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area 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.