Electricity production from coal sources in Finland
Finland: Electricity production from coal sources was 2.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Finland, 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 Finland is 2.6%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.2% on the previous year and down 85.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Finland peaked at 32.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2024.
That places Finland 70th out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Finland, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 23.6% | — |
| 1991 | 24.6% | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 20.5% | -16.6% |
| 1993 | 24.2% | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 30.2% | +24.9% |
| 1995 | 26.8% | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 31.8% | +18.4% |
| 1997 | 28.3% | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 19.3% | -31.9% |
| 1999 | 20.9% | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 18.8% | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 23.5% | +25.3% |
| 2002 | 26.6% | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 32.4% | +21.6% |
| 2004 | 27.6% | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 28.9% | +74.2% |
| 2007 | 27.1% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 18.6% | -31.4% |
| 2009 | 22.2% | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 26.5% | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 21.4% | -19.3% |
| 2012 | 16.0% | -25.3% |
| 2013 | 20.2% | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 17.4% | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | -26.2% |
| 2016 | 15.3% | +19.3% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | -19.0% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | -35.6% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | -51.7% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | -37.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.0% | 19.3% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.2% | 16.6% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 11.6% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.1% | 2.6% | 8.6% | 5 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.4241 % 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 0.0001 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 13.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Finland?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Finland was 2.6% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 32.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2024.
- How does Finland rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Finland ranks 70th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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.