Electricity production from coal sources in Portugal
Portugal: Electricity production from coal sources was 1.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Portugal, 1990–2021
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from coal sources in Portugal is 1.6%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 64.8% on the previous year and down 91.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Portugal peaked at 40.5% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2021.
That places Portugal 77th out of 210 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 31.9% | — |
| 1991 | 32.8% | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 34.1% | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 36.7% | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 37.1% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 40.5% | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 36.5% | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 38.1% | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 30.9% | -18.9% |
| 1999 | 35.0% | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 33.6% | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 29.3% | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 33.0% | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 31.0% | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 32.9% | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 32.7% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 30.5% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 26.2% | -14.0% |
| 2008 | 24.4% | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 25.7% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | -48.9% |
| 2011 | 18.8% | +43.0% |
| 2012 | 28.1% | +49.6% |
| 2013 | 22.9% | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 22.6% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 28.1% | +24.1% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 24.7% | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | -18.4% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -48.3% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | -57.2% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -64.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.4% | 30.9% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.9% | 24.4% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 10.4% | 28.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 1.6% | 4.5% | 2 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (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)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 8.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Portugal?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Portugal was 1.6% in 2021, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 40.5% in 1995.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2021.
- How does Portugal rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Portugal ranks 77th out of 210 countries with data for 2021.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.