Electricity production from coal sources in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Electricity production from coal sources was 10.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Low & middle income, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from coal sources in Low & middle income is 10.2%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 79.7% on the previous year and down 80.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Low & middle income peaked at 53.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2024.
Low & middle income ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39.2% | — |
| 1991 | 40.1% | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 41.3% | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 41.3% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 41.7% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 41.9% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 42.5% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 42.6% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 41.7% | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 42.5% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 43.3% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 44.0% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 44.9% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 46.6% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 46.7% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 48.1% | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 49.8% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 51.5% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 50.8% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 51.2% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 51.3% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 53.5% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 52.7% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 53.3% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 51.7% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 51.2% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 51.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 51.3% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 50.7% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 49.9% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 49.7% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 49.4% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 50.0% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | -79.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.5% | 39.2% | 42.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.7% | 43.3% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.0% | 50.7% | 53.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.8% | 10.2% | 50.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 25 Türkiye 34.5% compare
- 26 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 33.6% compare
- 27 Mauritius 33.5% compare
- 28 Hong Kong, China 33.1% compare
- 29 Republic of Korea 32.6% compare
- 30 Dominican Republic 30.6% compare
- 31 Japan 30.1% compare
More energy & mining data for Low & middle income
- Fuel imports 18.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 8.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 4.2% (2024)
- Fuel exports 8.3% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 13.1% (2024)
- Mineral rents 1.2% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.5% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 4.1% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 13.4% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 2,450 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Low & middle income?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Low & middle income was 10.2% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 53.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2024.
- How does Low & middle income rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.