Electricity production from coal sources in Slovakia
Slovakia: Electricity production from coal sources was 3.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Slovakia, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 3.1% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.3% on the previous year and down 74.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Slovakia peaked at 33.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2024.
Slovakia ranks 67th of 210 countries 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 Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 31.1% | — |
| 1991 | 26.5% | -14.8% |
| 1992 | 33.0% | +24.7% |
| 1993 | 26.0% | -21.3% |
| 1994 | 20.9% | -19.7% |
| 1995 | 26.1% | +25.1% |
| 1996 | 24.9% | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 27.1% | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 24.9% | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 25.0% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 19.6% | -21.4% |
| 2001 | 19.5% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 17.3% | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 20.5% | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 20.0% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 19.0% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 18.6% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 16.3% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 14.6% | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 14.1% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 12.2% | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 12.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 12.4% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 9.5% | -28.4% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | -19.6% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | -26.5% |
| 2024 | 3.1% | -45.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.5% | 20.9% | 33.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.7% | 16.3% | 20.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 9.5% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7.7% | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Fuel imports 8.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Slovakia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Slovakia was 3.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2024.
- How does Slovakia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Slovakia ranks 67th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.