Electricity production from coal sources in Israel
Israel: Electricity production from coal sources was 14.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Israel, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Israel recorded 14.0% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.6% on the previous year and down 71.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Israel peaked at 77.4% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2024.
Israel ranks 47th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Israel, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 50.1% | — |
| 1991 | 53.4% | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 58.2% | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 62.1% | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 60.6% | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 62.5% | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 69.3% | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 71.1% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 70.1% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 67.3% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 68.8% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 75.2% | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 77.4% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 77.0% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 77.4% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 74.7% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 70.9% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 69.5% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 62.1% | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 62.5% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 58.5% | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 59.0% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 61.5% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 52.4% | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 49.6% | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 45.8% | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 36.1% | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 32.6% | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 30.0% | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 30.3% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 26.3% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 22.0% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | -22.0% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | -18.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.5% | 50.1% | 71.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.5% | 62.1% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.6% | 30.0% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 14.0% | 26.3% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Israel?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Israel was 14.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 77.4% in 2004.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2024.
- How does Israel rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Israel ranks 47th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.