Electricity production from coal sources in Ukraine
Ukraine: Electricity production from coal sources was 22.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Ukraine, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 22.2% for electricity production from coal sources in 2023.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 46.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Ukraine peaked at 41.9% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 21.2%, in 2022.
Ukraine ranks 35th of 209 countries on this measure, 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 Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 38.2% | — |
| 1991 | 38.3% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 41.9% | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 38.1% | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 38.0% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 36.2% | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 30.8% | -14.9% |
| 1997 | 31.0% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 29.1% | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 31.3% | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 30.0% | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 30.7% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 31.4% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 30.3% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 24.8% | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 26.9% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 33.6% | +24.9% |
| 2007 | 35.7% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 36.7% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 37.6% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 36.9% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 38.2% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 40.4% | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 41.7% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 38.6% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 34.3% | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 37.2% | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 29.5% | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 27.0% | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 23.1% | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 21.2% | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 22.2% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.3% | 29.1% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.8% | 24.8% | 37.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 29.5% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.4% | 21.2% | 27.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 32 Bulgaria 29.1% compare
- 33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.8% compare
- 34 Germany 23.5% compare
- 36 Slovenia 20.6% compare
- 37 Brunei Darussalam 20.4% compare
- 38 Madagascar 19.5% compare
More energy & mining data for Ukraine
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 4.78 % 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 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- 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 (2025)
- Fuel imports 12.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Ukraine?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Ukraine was 22.2% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 41.9% in 1992.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.2% in 2022.
- How does Ukraine rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Ukraine ranks 35th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.