Electricity production from coal sources in Thailand
Thailand: Electricity production from coal sources was 14.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Thailand, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 14.6% for electricity production from coal sources in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.6% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Thailand peaked at 26.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 14.6%, in 2023.
That places Thailand 45th out of 209 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25.0% | — |
| 1991 | 26.0% | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 25.9% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 21.3% | -17.9% |
| 1994 | 19.9% | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 18.5% | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 19.7% | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 20.5% | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 18.4% | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 18.1% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 18.3% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 19.1% | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 17.0% | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 16.0% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 17.6% | +16.2% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 21.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 20.1% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 18.6% | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 21.5% | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 20.9% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 18.7% | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 18.9% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 17.9% | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 19.2% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 18.4% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | -20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.3% | 18.1% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 15.2% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 17.9% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.0% | 14.6% | 19.7% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Thailand?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Thailand was 14.6% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.6% in 2023.
- How does Thailand rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Thailand ranks 45th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.