Electricity production from coal sources in Greece
Greece: Electricity production from coal sources was 6.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Greece, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2024, electricity production from coal sources in Greece stood at 6.0%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.7% on the previous year and down 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Greece peaked at 72.8% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2024.
Greece ranks 60th of 209 countries on this measure, 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 71.9% | — |
| 1991 | 66.2% | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 71.1% | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 72.4% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 72.8% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 69.1% | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 68.8% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 70.4% | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 70.0% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 65.2% | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 63.7% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 66.0% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 63.3% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 60.1% | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 59.6% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 59.2% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 53.1% | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 54.6% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 52.3% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 55.7% | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 53.6% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 52.3% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 51.0% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 46.2% | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 51.0% | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 42.6% | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 34.7% | -18.6% |
| 2017 | 34.0% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 32.3% | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 24.9% | -22.7% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | -45.1% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | -29.0% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | -34.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.8% | 65.2% | 72.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.8% | 52.3% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.3% | 24.9% | 53.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 6.0% | 13.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More energy & mining data for Greece
- Fuel imports 26.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 4.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 8.4% (2024)
- Gas production 0.0303 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 3.01 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0.0303 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 3.01 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Greece?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Greece was 6.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 72.8% in 1994.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Greece ranks 60th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.