Electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia
Indonesia: Electricity production from coal sources was 69.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2023, electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia stood at 69.1%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia peaked at 69.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.5%, in 1993.
Indonesia ranks 6th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 29.9% | — |
| 1991 | 29.6% | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 27.4% | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 23.5% | -14.0% |
| 1994 | 24.9% | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 24.3% | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 24.8% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 27.6% | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 29.4% | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 31.0% | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 36.4% | +17.7% |
| 2001 | 37.2% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 39.7% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 41.1% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 40.1% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 40.6% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 44.1% | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 44.9% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 41.1% | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 42.0% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 42.8% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 46.3% | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 52.8% | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 53.2% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 54.5% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 58.0% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 57.1% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 61.0% | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 59.9% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 62.9% | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 66.5% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 66.9% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 67.7% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 69.1% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.2% | 23.5% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.7% | 36.4% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.9% | 42.8% | 62.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.6% | 66.5% | 69.1% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Indonesia was 69.1% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 69.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.5% in 1993.
- How does Indonesia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Indonesia ranks 6th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.