Iran Coal Usage/Consumption 1971-2024

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.
  • Iran coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 0.16%, a 0.03% decline from 2014.
  • Iran coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 0.19%, a 0.02% increase from 2013.
  • Iran coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 0.17%, a 0.02% increase from 2012.
  • Iran coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 0.16%, a 0.02% decline from 2011.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % of Electricity from Coal
Botswana 96.36%
South Africa 92.71%
Serbia 72.43%
Kazakhstan 71.57%
China 70.31%
Bosnia 63.98%
North Macedonia 58.36%
Montenegro 50.35%
Bulgaria 46.21%
Malaysia 42.28%
Mauritius 39.44%
Turkey 29.10%
Romania 27.64%
Guatemala 21.36%
Thailand 19.45%
Russia 14.82%
Dominican Republic 12.86%
Colombia 11.85%
Mexico 10.87%
Brazil 4.72%
Peru 0.84%
Namibia 0.46%
Iran 0.16%
Gabon 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Paraguay 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Ecuador 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Belarus 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Suriname 0.00%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Costa Rica 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
Armenia 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Iran Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 0.16% -0.03%
2014 0.19% 0.02%
2013 0.17% 0.02%
2012 0.16% -0.02%
2011 0.18% 0.03%
2010 0.15% -0.02%
2009 0.17% -0.01%
2008 0.18% -0.10%
2007 0.28% -0.01%
2006 0.29% -0.03%
2005 0.32% 0.04%
2004 0.29% -0.02%
2003 0.31% -0.06%
2002 0.37% 0.00%
2001 0.36% -0.04%
2000 0.40% 0.03%
1999 0.37% 0.26%
1998 0.11% 0.01%
1997 0.10% 0.00%
1996 0.10% -0.01%
1995 0.11% -0.01%
1994 0.12% -0.01%
1993 0.13% 0.01%
1992 0.12% -0.03%
1991 0.15% 0.04%
1990 0.11% -0.01%
1989 0.12% -0.06%
1988 0.18% 0.00%
1987 0.18% -0.03%
1986 0.21% -0.02%
1985 0.22% -0.02%
1984 0.25% -0.11%
1983 0.36% -0.07%
1982 0.43% 0.06%
1981 0.37% -0.13%
1980 0.50% 0.01%
1979 0.48% 0.12%
1978 0.37% -0.26%
1977 0.63% -0.05%
1976 0.68% -0.08%
1975 0.76% 0.32%
1974 0.44% -0.03%
1973 0.47% 0.12%
1972 0.36% 0.08%
1971 0.27% 0.08%