Electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Electricity production from coal sources was 11.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2024, electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend stood at 11.4%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 77.0% on the previous year and down 79.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 56.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 11.4%, in 2024.
That places Late-demographic dividend 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35.0% | — |
| 1991 | 36.0% | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 38.0% | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 38.4% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 41.1% | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 41.5% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 42.8% | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 43.0% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 42.7% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 43.5% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 44.3% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 44.4% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 45.8% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 48.3% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 48.8% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 50.5% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 52.5% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 54.2% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 53.6% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 53.9% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 53.8% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 56.3% | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 54.5% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 55.2% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 54.2% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 52.4% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 51.8% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 52.1% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 51.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 51.0% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 50.4% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 50.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 49.7% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 49.4% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 11.4% | -77.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.2% | 35.0% | 43.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.6% | 44.3% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.3% | 51.0% | 56.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 11.4% | 50.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
- 20 North Macedonia 40.2% compare
- 21 Montenegro 39.1% compare
- 22 New Caledonia 39.0% compare
- 23 Czechia 36.3% compare
- 24 Estonia 34.9% compare
- 25 Türkiye 34.5% compare
- 26 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 33.6% compare
More energy & mining data for Late-demographic dividend
- Fuel imports 16.8% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 9.6% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 3.5% (2024)
- Fuel exports 8.6% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 11.9% (2024)
- Mineral rents 1.1% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.8% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 4.2% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 15.5% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 5,474 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Late-demographic dividend was 11.4% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 56.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4% in 2024.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.