Electricity production from coal sources in North America
North America: Electricity production from coal sources was 14.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in North America, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
North America recorded 14.2% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in North America peaked at 48.6% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 14.2%, in 2024.
That places North America 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 North America, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 48.1% | — |
| 1991 | 47.6% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 48.0% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 48.0% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 47.1% | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 46.3% | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 47.4% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 48.6% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 48.1% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 47.5% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 48.2% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 47.1% | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 46.4% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 47.0% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 45.9% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 45.9% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 45.2% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 44.6% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 44.5% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 41.1% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 41.6% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 39.1% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 34.7% | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 35.8% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 35.6% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 30.8% | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 28.4% | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 27.9% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 22.2% | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 18.2% | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 18.2% | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 15.1% | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 14.2% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.7% | 46.3% | 48.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.6% | 41.1% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.2% | 22.2% | 41.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 14.2% | 20.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 17 Malaysia 45.0% compare
- 18 Viet Nam 44.8% compare
- 19 North Macedonia 40.2% compare
- 20 Montenegro 39.1% compare
- 21 New Caledonia 39.0% compare
- 22 Czechia 36.3% compare
- 23 Estonia 34.9% compare
More energy & mining data for North America
- Fuel imports 7.3% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 2.3% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 3.8% (2024)
- Fuel exports 20.3% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 5.2% (2024)
- Mineral rents 0.2% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.4% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 1.6% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 14.9% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 12,975 kWh per capita (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in North America?
- Electricity production from coal sources in North America was 14.2% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 48.6% in 1997.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2% in 2024.
- How does North America rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- North America ranks 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North America 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.