Electricity production from coal sources in Niger
Niger: Electricity production from coal sources was 17.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Niger, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Niger recorded 17.1% for electricity production from coal sources in 2023.
That represents a change of down 27.5% on the previous year and down 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Niger peaked at 77.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2021.
That places Niger 40th out of 209 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Niger, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 65.3% | — |
| 1991 | 68.3% | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 69.1% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 65.6% | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 68.9% | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 77.2% | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 77.6% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 72.2% | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 76.7% | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 75.0% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 65.5% | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 74.4% | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 74.9% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 76.3% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 74.6% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 69.0% | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 76.6% | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 67.9% | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 75.9% | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 73.2% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 68.9% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 74.6% | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 63.7% | -14.6% |
| 2013 | 53.3% | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 55.8% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 41.6% | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 31.0% | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 36.8% | +18.7% |
| 2018 | 34.9% | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 30.3% | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 30.9% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | -67.6% |
| 2022 | 23.6% | +135.4% |
| 2023 | 17.1% | -27.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.6% | 65.3% | 77.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.8% | 65.5% | 76.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.1% | 30.3% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.4% | 10.0% | 30.9% | 4 |
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More energy & mining data for Niger
- Fuel imports 12.8% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 0.8% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 0.0% (2024)
- Gas production 0.2899 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 10.72 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0.2899 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 10.72 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Niger?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Niger was 17.1% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 77.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2021.
- How does Niger rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Niger ranks 40th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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.