Share of electricity generation from coal in Israel
Israel: Share of electricity generation from coal was 3.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity generation from coal in Israel, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of electricity generation from coal in Israel stood at 3.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 76.2% on the previous year and down 92.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from coal in Israel peaked at 77.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2025.
That places Israel 63rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from coal in Israel, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68.5% | — |
| 2001 | 74.9% | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 77.1% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 76.7% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 77.2% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 74.4% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 70.6% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 69.3% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 62.2% | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 62.8% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 58.5% | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 59.0% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 61.5% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 52.3% | -14.9% |
| 2014 | 49.5% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 45.4% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 36.1% | -20.6% |
| 2017 | 32.7% | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 29.8% | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 30.1% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 26.1% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 22.8% | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 21.7% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 16.9% | -22.1% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | -15.5% |
| 2025 | 3.4% | -76.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from coal in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -76.2% | 14.3% | 3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.4% | 62.2% | 77.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.5% | 29.8% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 3.4% | 26.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More energy & mining data for Israel
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.97 % 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 (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 10.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from coal in Israel?
- Share of electricity generation from coal in Israel was 3.4% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from coal recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 77.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from coal recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2025.
- How does Israel rank for share of electricity generation from coal?
- Israel ranks 63rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from coal rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.