Electricity production from coal sources in Italy
Italy: Electricity production from coal sources was 1.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Italy, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1.8% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 67.6% on the previous year and down 89.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Italy peaked at 18.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2024.
That places Italy 74th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16.5% | — |
| 1991 | 14.5% | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 11.1% | -23.8% |
| 1993 | 9.1% | -18.0% |
| 1994 | 9.9% | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 11.4% | +15.3% |
| 1996 | 10.4% | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 9.8% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 10.7% | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 10.6% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 11.0% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 13.2% | +19.5% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 15.0% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 16.8% | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 16.3% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 16.6% | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 18.1% | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | -32.3% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | -25.9% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | +54.6% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | -36.3% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | -67.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 9.1% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.8% | 11.0% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.2% | 7.2% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 1.8% | 8.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Italy?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Italy was 1.8% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 18.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Italy ranks 74th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.