Colombia 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.
  • Colombia coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 11.85%, a 1.67% increase from 2014.
  • Colombia coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 10.18%, a 1.19% increase from 2013.
  • Colombia coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 8.99%, a 3.52% increase from 2012.
  • Colombia coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 5.47%, a 1.7% increase from 2011.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
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%
Armenia 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
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%
Colombia Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 11.85% 1.67%
2014 10.18% 1.19%
2013 8.99% 3.52%
2012 5.47% 1.70%
2011 3.77% -3.12%
2010 6.89% -0.52%
2009 7.41% 2.00%
2008 5.41% -0.88%
2007 6.30% 0.84%
2006 5.46% 0.55%
2005 4.90% 0.89%
2004 4.01% -2.28%
2003 6.29% 1.17%
2002 5.12% -0.31%
2001 5.44% 0.33%
2000 5.10% 0.54%
1999 4.57% -1.40%
1998 5.97% -0.90%
1997 6.87% 2.55%
1996 4.32% -5.68%
1995 10.00% 1.45%
1994 8.55% -2.73%
1993 11.28% -2.89%
1992 14.17% 3.89%
1991 10.28% 0.08%
1990 10.20% 0.11%
1989 10.09% 0.20%
1988 9.89% 0.19%
1987 9.70% -0.59%
1986 10.29% -1.41%
1985 11.70% 1.92%
1984 9.78% 2.85%
1983 6.94% -1.47%
1982 8.41% 0.12%
1981 8.29% 0.38%
1980 7.91% -0.38%
1979 8.29% -1.07%
1978 9.35% -0.85%
1977 10.21% -1.04%
1976 11.24% 0.87%
1975 10.37% -1.82%
1974 12.19% -0.25%
1973 12.45% -0.14%
1972 12.59% -0.53%
1971 13.11% -0.53%