Electricity production from coal sources in Japan
Japan: Electricity production from coal sources was 30.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Japan, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Japan recorded 30.1% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Japan peaked at 33.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 1990.
Japan ranks 30th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Japan, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.3% | — |
| 1991 | 14.7% | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 15.4% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 16.2% | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 16.7% | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 17.5% | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 18.1% | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 18.7% | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 18.3% | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 19.9% | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 21.4% | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 23.2% | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 24.5% | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 26.3% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 26.3% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 26.2% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 26.8% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 27.0% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 27.1% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 27.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 27.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 32.0% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 32.7% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 33.4% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 32.2% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 32.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 31.1% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 31.5% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 30.6% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 30.3% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 28.3% | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 30.1% | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.0% | 14.3% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.6% | 21.4% | 27.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.0% | 27.1% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.0% | 28.3% | 30.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 27 Hong Kong 33.1% compare
- 28 Republic of Korea 32.6% compare
- 29 Dominican Republic 30.6% compare
- 31 Sri Lanka 29.7% compare
- 32 Bulgaria 29.1% compare
- 33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.8% compare
More energy & mining data for Japan
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.7535 % 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 (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 19.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Japan?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Japan was 30.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 33.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 1990.
- How does Japan rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Japan ranks 30th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.