Electricity production from coal sources in Norway
Norway: Electricity production from coal sources was 0.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Norway, 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 Norway stood at 0.1%.
The figure is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Norway peaked at 0.1% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Norway 87th out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1% | — |
| 1991 | 0.1% | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1% | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | +17.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | -21.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | +25.6% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -17.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | -25.5% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +54.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +30.6% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -20.9% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +17.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -20.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +46.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +27.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
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More energy & mining data for Norway
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fuel imports 5.2% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 5.5% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 5.4% (2025)
- Gas production 1,206 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 214,403 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 1,206 terawatt-hours (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Norway?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Norway was 0.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Norway rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Norway ranks 87th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.