Thailand 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.
  • Thailand coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 19.45%, a 2.32% decline from 2014.
  • Thailand coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 21.78%, a 0.3% decline from 2013.
  • Thailand coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 22.08%, a 2.08% increase from 2012.
  • Thailand coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 20.00%, a 2.32% decline 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%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Costa Rica 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
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%
Thailand Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 19.45% -2.32%
2014 21.78% -0.30%
2013 22.08% 2.08%
2012 20.00% -2.32%
2011 22.31% 3.48%
2010 18.84% -1.40%
2009 20.24% -1.31%
2008 21.55% 0.09%
2007 21.46% 3.22%
2006 18.24% 2.72%
2005 15.52% -0.86%
2004 16.39% -0.17%
2003 16.56% -0.72%
2002 17.28% -2.12%
2001 19.40% 0.88%
2000 18.52% 0.32%
1999 18.20% -0.29%
1998 18.48% -2.06%
1997 20.54% 0.83%
1996 19.71% 1.25%
1995 18.46% -1.40%
1994 19.85% -1.44%
1993 21.30% -4.65%
1992 25.95% -0.03%
1991 25.98% 0.96%
1990 25.02% 3.96%
1989 21.06% 0.12%
1988 20.95% -2.43%
1987 23.38% 0.94%
1986 22.43% -0.59%
1985 23.03% 12.01%
1984 11.02% 1.45%
1983 9.57% -1.57%
1982 11.14% 0.24%
1981 10.90% 1.12%
1980 9.77% 0.30%
1979 9.47% 5.60%
1978 3.87% 0.78%
1977 3.09% -0.85%
1976 3.94% -0.11%
1975 4.05% -0.61%
1974 4.67% 1.17%
1973 3.50% -0.99%
1972 4.49% -1.61%
1971 6.10% -1.61%