Electricity production from coal sources in Singapore
Singapore: Electricity production from coal sources was 0.9% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Electricity production from coal sources in Singapore, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 0.9% for electricity production from coal sources in 2023.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Singapore peaked at 1.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Singapore ranks 81st of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity production from coal sources in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 0.0% | — |
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.0% | — |
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1997 | 0.0% | — |
| 1998 | 0.0% | — |
| 1999 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +5004.3% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +68.2% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +19.6% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -16.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 4 |
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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 0.1889 % 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 0.0002 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 19.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Singapore?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Singapore was 0.9% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Singapore rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Singapore ranks 81st out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Singapore 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.