Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama
Panama: Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources was 22.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama, 1990–2022
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2022, electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama stood at 22.8%.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama peaked at 50.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 1990.
Panama ranks 170th of 210 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.7% | — |
| 1991 | 25.6% | +73.7% |
| 1992 | 33.3% | +30.0% |
| 1993 | 25.7% | -22.7% |
| 1994 | 28.0% | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 30.9% | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 21.0% | -32.0% |
| 1997 | 27.8% | +32.5% |
| 1998 | 48.4% | +73.9% |
| 1999 | 31.1% | -35.7% |
| 2000 | 29.6% | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 50.8% | +71.7% |
| 2002 | 35.4% | -30.3% |
| 2003 | 49.0% | +38.4% |
| 2004 | 34.0% | -30.6% |
| 2005 | 35.7% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 39.8% | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 42.3% | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 37.9% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 43.3% | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 42.9% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 47.3% | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 37.1% | -21.7% |
| 2013 | 42.1% | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 44.2% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 34.7% | -21.5% |
| 2016 | 33.4% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 28.1% | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 22.3% | -20.9% |
| 2019 | 47.3% | +112.2% |
| 2020 | 24.3% | -48.6% |
| 2021 | 21.7% | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 22.8% | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.7% | 14.7% | 48.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.8% | 29.6% | 50.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.9% | 22.3% | 47.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.9% | 21.7% | 24.3% | 3 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.1439 % 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)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 20.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama?
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Panama was 22.8% in 2022, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 50.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 1990.
- How does Panama rank for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources?
- Panama ranks 170th out of 210 countries with data for 2022.
- Is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from oil, gas and 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 oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. 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.