Electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Electricity production from coal sources was 16.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico, 2000–2021
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2021, electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico stood at 16.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico peaked at 18.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Puerto Rico ranks 43rd of 210 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 4.3% | — |
| 2003 | 12.2% | +183.9% |
| 2004 | 12.9% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 12.3% | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 14.3% | +16.9% |
| 2007 | 14.6% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 15.4% | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 17.4% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 14.0% | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 14.2% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | +29.8% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 16.6% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.1% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 13.8% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 16.1% | 16.6% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Puerto Rico was 16.6% in 2021, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Puerto Rico ranks 43rd out of 210 countries with data for 2021.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.