Electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria
Nigeria: Electricity production from coal sources was 0.0% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
0.0%
World rank
91st
of 209 countries
All-time high
0.1%
in 1990
All-time low
0.0%
in 1993
Years of data
32
1990–2021
Electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria, 1990–2021
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.0% for electricity production from coal sources in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria peaked at 0.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1993.
That places Nigeria 91st out of 209 countries with data for 2021, 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1% | — |
| 1991 | 0.1% | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.0% | — |
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1997 | 0.0% | — |
| 1998 | 0.0% | — |
| 1999 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
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- 91 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 91 Albania 0.0%
- 91 Algeria 0.0%
- 91 American Samoa 0.0%
- 91 Andorra 0.0%
- 91 Angola 0.0%
- 91 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 91 Armenia 0.0%
- 91 Aruba 0.0%
- 91 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 91 Bahamas 0.0%
- 91 Bahrain 0.0%
- 91 Barbados 0.0%
- 91 Belize 0.0%
- 91 Benin 0.0%
- 91 Bhutan 0.0%
- 91 Bolivia 0.0%
- 91 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 91 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 91 Burundi 0.0%
- 91 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 91 Cameroon 0.0%
- 91 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 91 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 91 Chad 0.0%
- 91 Comoros 0.0%
- 91 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0%
- 91 Congo 0.0%
- 91 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 91 Cote 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%
- 91 Haiti 0.0%
- 91 Iceland 0.0%
- 91 Iraq 0.0%
- 91 Jamaica 0.0%
- 91 Kenya 0.0%
- 91 Kiribati 0.0%
- 91 Kuwait 0.0%
- 91 Latvia 0.0% compare
- 91 Lebanon 0.0%
- 91 Lesotho 0.0%
- 91 Liberia 0.0%
- 91 Libya 0.0%
- 91 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 91 Luxembourg 0.0% compare
- 91 Malawi 0.0%
- 91 Maldives 0.0%
- 91 Mali 0.0%
- 91 Malta 0.0% compare
- 91 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 91 Mauritania 0.0%
- 91 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 91 Moldova 0.0% compare
- 91 Mozambique 0.0% compare
- 91 Nauru 0.0%
- 91 Nicaragua 0.0%
- 91 Oman 0.0%
- 91 Palau 0.0%
- 91 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 91 Paraguay 0.0%
- 91 Qatar 0.0%
- 91 Samoa 0.0%
- 91 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 91 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 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%
- 91 Tanzania 0.0% compare
- 91 East Timor 0.0%
- 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%
- 91 Venezuela 0.0%
- 91 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 91 Palestine 0.0%
- 91 Yemen 0.0%
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- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- 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 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria was 0.0% in 2021, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1993.
- How does Nigeria rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Nigeria ranks 91st out of 209 countries with data for 2021.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.