Fossil fuels in Ireland
Ireland: Fossil fuels was 0 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0
World rank
68th
of 220 countries
All-time high
1.96
in 1957
All-time low
0
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Fossil fuels in Ireland, 1900–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fossil fuels in Ireland is 0, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
Over the whole period, fossil fuels in Ireland peaked at 1.96 in 1957 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1900.
That places Ireland 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fossil fuels in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 | — |
| 1901 | 0 | — |
| 1902 | 0 | — |
| 1903 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | 0 | — |
| 1905 | 0 | — |
| 1906 | 0 | — |
| 1907 | 0 | — |
| 1908 | 0 | — |
| 1909 | 0 | — |
| 1910 | 0.6594 | — |
| 1911 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1912 | 0 | — |
| 1913 | 0.6838 | — |
| 1914 | 0.7653 | +11.9% |
| 1915 | 0.7001 | -8.5% |
| 1916 | 0.7408 | +5.8% |
| 1917 | 0.7897 | +6.6% |
| 1918 | 0.7571 | -4.1% |
| 1919 | 0.7653 | +1.1% |
| 1920 | 0.8955 | +17.0% |
| 1921 | 0.7327 | -18.2% |
| 1922 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1923 | 0 | — |
| 1924 | 0 | — |
| 1925 | 0 | — |
| 1926 | 0.6513 | — |
| 1927 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1928 | 0 | — |
| 1929 | 0.7083 | — |
| 1930 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1931 | 0.7571 | — |
| 1932 | 0.6676 | -11.8% |
| 1933 | 0.8711 | +30.5% |
| 1934 | 0.9199 | +5.6% |
| 1935 | 0.9362 | +1.8% |
| 1936 | 1.03 | +10.4% |
| 1937 | 1.04 | +0.8% |
| 1938 | 0.9769 | -6.3% |
| 1939 | 0.9769 | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.9606 | -1.7% |
| 1941 | 1.26 | +31.4% |
| 1942 | 1.36 | +7.7% |
| 1943 | 1.51 | +11.4% |
| 1944 | 1.68 | +10.8% |
| 1945 | 1.76 | +4.9% |
| 1946 | 1.75 | -0.5% |
| 1947 | 1.8 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | 1.4 | -22.2% |
| 1949 | 1.05 | -25.0% |
| 1950 | 1.4 | +33.3% |
| 1951 | 1.46 | +4.1% |
| 1952 | 1.35 | -7.3% |
| 1953 | 1.36 | +0.6% |
| 1954 | 1.67 | +22.8% |
| 1955 | 1.64 | -2.0% |
| 1956 | 1.95 | +19.4% |
| 1957 | 1.96 | +0.4% |
| 1958 | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 1959 | 1.9 | -2.9% |
| 1960 | 1.69 | -10.7% |
| 1961 | 1.64 | -3.4% |
| 1962 | 1.69 | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1.9 | +12.0% |
| 1964 | 1.88 | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.45 | -22.9% |
| 1966 | 1.66 | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 1.46 | -12.3% |
| 1968 | 1.35 | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 1.25 | -7.2% |
| 1970 | 1.27 | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.7327 | -42.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6676 | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 0.521 | -22.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5536 | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 0.464 | -16.2% |
| 1976 | 0.4722 | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.4396 | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 0.171 | -61.1% |
| 1979 | 0.5129 | +200.0% |
| 1980 | 0.445 | -13.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5117 | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4598 | -10.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5562 | +21.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5192 | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 0.4227 | -18.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4005 | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3337 | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3337 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3189 | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.1854 | -41.9% |
| 1991 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fossil fuels in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +200.0% | 0.171 | 0.5129 |
| 1911 | -100.0% | 0.6594 | 0 |
| 1922 | -100.0% | 0.7327 | 0 |
| 1927 | -100.0% | 0.6513 | 0 |
| 1930 | -100.0% | 0.7083 | 0 |
| 1991 | -100.0% | 0.1854 | 0 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.5862 | 0 | 0.7897 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2988 | 0 | 0.8955 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.8182 | 0 | 1.04 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.45 | 0.9606 | 1.8 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.66 | 1.35 | 1.96 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.6 | 1.25 | 1.9 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5805 | 0.171 | 1.27 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4302 | 0.3189 | 0.5562 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0185 | 0 | 0.1854 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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- 68 Algeria 0 compare
- 68 American Samoa 0
- 68 Angola 0
- 68 Antarctica 0
- 68 Antigua and Barbuda 0
- 68 Aruba 0
- 68 Austria 0 compare
- 68 Azerbaijan 0
- 68 Bahamas 0
- 68 Bahrain 0
- 68 Barbados 0
- 68 Belarus 0
- 68 Belgium 0 compare
- 68 Belize 0
- 68 Benin 0
- 68 Bermuda 0
- 68 Bolivia 0
- 68 British Virgin Islands 0
- 68 Brunei 0
- 68 Burkina Faso 0
- 68 Burundi 0 compare
- 68 Cameroon 0
- 68 Cape Verde 0
- 68 Cayman Islands 0
- 68 Central African Republic 0
- 68 Chad 0
- 68 Comoros 0
- 68 Congo 0
- 68 Cook Islands 0
- 68 Costa Rica 0
- 68 Cote d'Ivoire 0
- 68 Croatia 0 compare
- 68 Cuba 0
- 68 Cyprus 0
- 68 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 compare
- 68 Denmark 0 compare
- 68 Djibouti 0
- 68 Dominica 0
- 68 Dominican Republic 0
- 68 East Timor 0
- 68 Ecuador 0
- 68 Egypt 0 compare
- 68 El Salvador 0
- 68 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 68 Eritrea 0
- 68 Estonia 0
- 68 Falkland Islands 0
- 68 Faroe Islands 0
- 68 Fiji 0
- 68 Finland 0
- 68 France 0 compare
- 68 French Guiana 0
- 68 French Polynesia 0
- 68 Gabon 0
- 68 Gambia 0
- 68 Ghana 0
- 68 Gibraltar 0
- 68 Greenland 0 compare
- 68 Grenada 0
- 68 Guadeloupe 0
- 68 Guam 0
- 68 Guatemala 0
- 68 Guinea 0
- 68 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 68 Guyana 0
- 68 Haiti 0
- 68 Honduras 0
- 68 Hong Kong 0
- 68 Iceland 0
- 68 Iraq 0
- 68 Israel 0
- 68 Italy 0 compare
- 68 Jamaica 0
- 68 Jordan 0
- 68 Kenya 0
- 68 Kiribati 0
- 68 Kuwait 0
- 68 Latvia 0
- 68 Lebanon 0
- 68 Lesotho 0 compare
- 68 Liberia 0
- 68 Libya 0
- 68 Lithuania 0
- 68 Luxembourg 0
- 68 Macao 0
- 68 Madagascar 0 compare
- 68 Maldives 0
- 68 Mali 0
- 68 Malta 0
- 68 Martinique 0
- 68 Mauritania 0
- 68 Mauritius 0
- 68 Micronesia (country) 0
- 68 Moldova 0
- 68 Montserrat 0
- 68 Morocco 0 compare
- 68 Namibia 0
- 68 Nauru 0
- 68 Netherlands 0 compare
- 68 Netherlands Antilles 0
- 68 New Caledonia 0
- 68 Nicaragua 0
- 68 Niue 0
- 68 Northern Mariana Islands 0
- 68 Oman 0
- 68 Palestine 0
- 68 Panama 0
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0
- 68 Paraguay 0
- 68 Portugal 0 compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 0
- 68 Qatar 0
- 68 Reunion 0
- 68 Rwanda 0
- 68 Saint Helena 0
- 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
- 68 Saint Lucia 0
- 68 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0
- 68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
- 68 Samoa 0
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 0
- 68 Saudi Arabia 0
- 68 Senegal 0
- 68 Seychelles 0
- 68 Sierra Leone 0
- 68 Singapore 0
- 68 Slovakia 0 compare
- 68 Solomon Islands 0
- 68 Somalia 0
- 68 South Sudan 0
- 68 Spain 0 compare
- 68 Sri Lanka 0
- 68 Sudan 0
- 68 Suriname 0
- 68 Sweden 0 compare
- 68 Switzerland 0
- 68 Syria 0
- 68 Taiwan 0 compare
- 68 Togo 0
- 68 Tonga 0
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 0
- 68 Tunisia 0 compare
- 68 Turkmenistan 0
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0
- 68 Tuvalu 0
- 68 Uganda 0
- 68 United Arab Emirates 0
- 68 United States Virgin Islands 0
- 68 Uruguay 0
- 68 Vanuatu 0
- 68 Western Sahara 0
- 68 Yemen 0
More energy & mining data for Ireland
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 5.2% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 0.9% (2025)
- Fuel exports 0.3% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 0.6% (2025)
- Gas production 11.53 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 2,195 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 11.53 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 2,195 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fossil fuels in Ireland?
- Fossil fuels in Ireland was 0 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fossil fuels recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.96 in 1957.
- What is the lowest fossil fuels recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1900.
- How does Ireland rank for fossil fuels?
- Ireland ranks 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Fossil fuels. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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