IDA total - Electricity production from coal sources

Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)

Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) in IDA total was 3.42 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 4.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1981.

Definition: 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.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1971 2.54
1972 1.54
1973 2.61
1974 1.21
1975 1.28
1976 1.03
1977 0.68
1978 0.77
1979 0.63
1980 0.57
1981 0.45
1982 0.46
1983 0.60
1984 0.82
1985 1.26
1986 1.65
1987 2.77
1988 2.58
1989 2.39
1990 4.66
1991 4.78
1992 3.49
1993 3.84
1994 3.94
1995 3.10
1996 3.00
1997 2.98
1998 2.75
1999 2.30
2000 3.04
2001 3.50
2002 3.45
2003 2.92
2004 2.95
2005 3.25
2006 2.74
2007 2.84
2008 2.82
2009 2.44
2010 2.57
2011 2.92
2012 2.90
2013 3.15
2014 2.97
2015 3.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use