Electricity production from coal sources in Serbia
Serbia: Electricity production from coal sources was 58.9% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Electricity production from coal sources in Serbia, 1990–2023
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 Serbia is 58.9%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.2% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Serbia peaked at 74.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 58.9%, in 2023.
Serbia ranks 10th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Electricity production from coal sources in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 71.1% | — |
| 1991 | 64.9% | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 68.4% | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 69.1% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 67.9% | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 65.8% | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 60.2% | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 65.6% | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 66.8% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 60.0% | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 66.0% | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 65.6% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 66.8% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 71.3% | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 68.3% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 64.3% | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 68.7% | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 70.1% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 71.4% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 70.2% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 65.9% | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 74.6% | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 71.6% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 71.9% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 65.1% | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 71.1% | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 69.4% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 71.7% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 67.1% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 68.2% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 69.8% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 62.3% | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 66.3% | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 58.9% | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.0% | 60.0% | 71.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.3% | 64.3% | 71.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 65.1% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.3% | 58.9% | 69.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 7 Philippines 62.5% compare
- 8 Morocco 62.1% compare
- 9 China 61.3% compare
- 11 Cambodia 58.7% compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 58.4% compare
- 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.4% compare
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- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.2% (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Serbia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Serbia was 58.9% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 74.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.9% in 2023.
- How does Serbia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Serbia ranks 10th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Serbia 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.