Electricity production from coal sources in Latvia
Latvia: Electricity production from coal sources was 0.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0.0%
World rank
91st
of 209 countries
All-time high
3.1%
in 1996
All-time low
0.0%
in 2004
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Electricity production from coal sources in Latvia, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2023, electricity production from coal sources in Latvia stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Latvia peaked at 3.1% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2004.
That places Latvia 91st out of 209 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity production from coal sources in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.9% | — |
| 1991 | 1.0% | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 1.8% | +74.7% |
| 1993 | 2.0% | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 2.5% | +40.2% |
| 1996 | 3.1% | +26.0% |
| 1997 | 2.3% | -25.6% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | -26.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | -47.3% |
| 2000 | 1.9% | +109.5% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -48.0% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -42.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +80.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +49.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.1% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -80.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.8% | 0.9% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
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- 91 Benin 0.0%
- 91 Bhutan 0.0%
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- 91 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
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- 91 Burundi 0.0%
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- 91 Cameroon 0.0%
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- 91 Chad 0.0%
- 91 Comoros 0.0%
- 91 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 91 Congo 0.0%
- 91 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 91 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0%
- 91 Cuba 0.0%
- 91 Curacao 0.0%
- 91 Cyprus 0.0%
- 91 Djibouti 0.0%
- 91 Dominica 0.0%
- 91 Ecuador 0.0%
- 91 Egypt 0.0%
- 91 El Salvador 0.0%
- 91 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 91 Eritrea 0.0%
- 91 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 91 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 91 Fiji 0.0%
- 91 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 91 Gabon 0.0%
- 91 Gambia 0.0%
- 91 Georgia 0.0% compare
- 91 Ghana 0.0%
- 91 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 91 Greenland 0.0%
- 91 Grenada 0.0%
- 91 Guam 0.0%
- 91 Guinea 0.0%
- 91 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 91 Guyana 0.0%
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- 91 Jamaica 0.0%
- 91 Kenya 0.0%
- 91 Kiribati 0.0%
- 91 Kuwait 0.0%
- 91 Lebanon 0.0%
- 91 Lesotho 0.0%
- 91 Liberia 0.0%
- 91 Libya 0.0%
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- 91 Malawi 0.0%
- 91 Maldives 0.0%
- 91 Mali 0.0%
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- 91 Mauritania 0.0%
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- 91 Samoa 0.0%
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- 91 Seychelles 0.0%
- 91 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 91 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0%
- 91 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 91 Somalia 0.0%
- 91 South Sudan 0.0%
- 91 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 91 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 91 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0%
- 91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 91 Sudan 0.0%
- 91 Suriname 0.0%
- 91 Switzerland 0.0% compare
- 91 Syria 0.0%
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- 91 Togo 0.0%
- 91 Tonga 0.0%
- 91 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 91 Tunisia 0.0%
- 91 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 91 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 91 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 91 Uganda 0.0%
- 91 Uruguay 0.0%
- 91 Vanuatu 0.0%
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- 91 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
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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 -0.5417 % 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 10.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Latvia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Latvia was 0.0% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 1996.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2004.
- How does Latvia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Latvia ranks 91st out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia 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.