Electricity production from coal sources in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Electricity production from coal sources was 14.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan stood at 14.0%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 355.9% on the previous year and up 356.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 14.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2016.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 22nd of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.7% | — |
| 1991 | 3.7% | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 4.0% | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 4.3% | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 4.3% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | +18.4% |
| 1996 | 5.4% | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 5.6% | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 5.7% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 5.3% | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 5.7% | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 5.9% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 5.3% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 4.3% | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | +355.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity production from coal sources in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +355.9% | 3.1% | 14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.7% | 3.7% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.3% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 3.1% | 14.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
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- 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
More energy & mining data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Fuel imports 10.3% (2023)
- Ores and metals imports 3.4% (2023)
- Ores and metals exports 3.9% (2023)
- Fuel exports 66.5% (2023)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 3.9% (2024)
- Mineral rents 0.4% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 3.0% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 17.3% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 6.7% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 2,359 kWh per capita (2023)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 14.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2016.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 356.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.