Electricity production from coal sources in OECD members
OECD members: Electricity production from coal sources was 16.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in OECD members, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 16.1% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 49.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in OECD members peaked at 40.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2024.
OECD members ranks 15th of 45 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 40.0% | — |
| 1991 | 39.5% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 39.2% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 38.8% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 38.3% | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 37.9% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 38.4% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 38.4% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 38.2% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 37.6% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 38.4% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 37.8% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 37.6% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 38.2% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 37.3% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 37.2% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 36.8% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 36.6% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 35.8% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 34.1% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 34.0% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 33.0% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 31.9% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 32.1% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 31.7% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 27.4% | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 27.0% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 25.5% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 22.4% | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 20.5% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 19.7% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 17.0% | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 16.1% | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.6% | 37.6% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.0% | 34.1% | 38.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.4% | 22.4% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 16.1% | 20.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More energy & mining data for OECD members
- Fuel imports 11.1% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 3.4% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 4.0% (2024)
- Fuel exports 9.5% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 5.7% (2024)
- Mineral rents 0.5% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.3% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 1.4% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 16.6% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 7,670 kWh per capita (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in OECD members?
- Electricity production from coal sources in OECD members was 16.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 40.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2024.
- How does OECD members rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- OECD members ranks 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.