Electricity production from coal sources in Iran
Iran: Electricity production from coal sources was 0.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Iran, 1990–2023
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 Iran is 0.2%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Iran peaked at 0.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1997.
Iran ranks 86th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Iran, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1% | — |
| 1991 | 0.1% | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | -17.6% |
| 1993 | 0.1% | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +241.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -35.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -10.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +32.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +20.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4 |
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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 0.5768 % 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 2.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Iran?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Iran was 0.2% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1997.
- How does Iran rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Iran ranks 86th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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.