Spain Coal Usage/Consumption 1960-2024

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.
  • Spain coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 18.96%, a 2.49% increase from 2014.
  • Spain coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 16.47%, a 1.79% increase from 2013.
  • Spain coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 14.69%, a 4.36% decline from 2012.
  • Spain coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 19.05%, a 3.57% increase from 2011.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % of Electricity from Coal
Poland 80.91%
Hong Kong 65.44%
Australia 62.87%
Czech Republic 53.06%
Israel 45.40%
Germany 44.26%
South Korea 43.08%
Greece 42.66%
Netherlands 38.65%
Chile 37.14%
United States 34.23%
Japan 33.15%
Slovenia 29.59%
Portugal 28.72%
Denmark 24.54%
United Kingdom 22.81%
Croatia 20.56%
Hungary 19.47%
Spain 18.96%
Ireland 17.35%
Italy 16.12%
Slovak Republic 12.51%
Canada 9.84%
Finland 8.30%
Austria 8.23%
Panama 6.92%
Belgium 6.11%
Estonia 5.33%
New Zealand 4.25%
France 2.16%
Argentina 2.03%
Singapore 1.20%
Sweden 0.67%
Norway 0.10%
Bahrain 0.00%
Gibraltar 0.00%
Saudi Arabia 0.00%
Cyprus 0.00%
Malta 0.00%
Qatar 0.00%
Iceland 0.00%
Latvia 0.00%
Uruguay 0.00%
UAE 0.00%
Switzerland 0.00%
Luxembourg 0.00%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.00%
Lithuania 0.00%
Brunei 0.00%
Kuwait 0.00%
Oman 0.00%
Spain Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 18.96% 2.49%
2014 16.47% 1.79%
2013 14.69% -4.36%
2012 19.05% 3.57%
2011 15.48% 6.66%
2010 8.82% -3.83%
2009 12.66% -3.41%
2008 16.07% -8.47%
2007 24.54% 1.55%
2006 23.00% -4.91%
2005 27.90% -1.13%
2004 29.03% -0.48%
2003 29.52% -4.85%
2002 34.37% 3.59%
2001 30.78% -5.82%
2000 36.60% -0.05%
1999 36.65% 3.99%
1998 32.66% -1.16%
1997 33.82% 2.29%
1996 31.53% -8.97%
1995 40.51% 1.59%
1994 38.91% -1.87%
1993 40.78% -0.79%
1992 41.57% 2.98%
1991 38.59% -1.53%
1990 40.12% -1.01%
1989 41.13% 9.45%
1988 31.68% -10.15%
1987 41.82% -1.41%
1986 43.23% -0.88%
1985 44.11% 2.26%
1984 41.85% -0.82%
1983 42.67% 3.25%
1982 39.42% 4.87%
1981 34.55% 4.54%
1980 30.01% 7.80%
1979 22.21% 1.46%
1978 20.75% 1.00%
1977 19.75% 1.89%
1976 17.87% -2.85%
1975 20.72% 4.56%
1974 16.16% -2.71%
1973 18.87% -4.17%
1972 23.04% 1.30%
1971 21.74% 0.02%
1970 21.72% 2.11%
1969 19.61% -3.15%
1968 22.75% -0.37%
1967 23.12% 9.04%
1966 14.08% -5.80%
1965 19.88% 1.96%
1964 17.92% 7.78%
1963 10.14% -8.82%
1962 18.96% 0.88%
1961 18.07% 5.17%
1960 12.90% 5.17%