Vietnam 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.
  • Vietnam coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 29.57%, a 6.33% increase from 2014.
  • Vietnam coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 23.25%, a 1.27% decline from 2013.
  • Vietnam coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 24.51%, a 3.38% increase from 2012.
  • Vietnam coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 21.14%, a 0.41% decline from 2011.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % of Electricity from Coal
Kosovo 97.47%
Mongolia 92.74%
India 75.31%
Indonesia 55.78%
Morocco 55.53%
Cambodia 48.40%
Philippines 44.51%
Ukraine 34.58%
Sri Lanka 33.71%
Vietnam 29.57%
Kyrgyz Republic 13.22%
Uzbekistan 4.09%
Myanmar 1.78%
Bangladesh 1.69%
Honduras 1.04%
Pakistan 0.14%
Egypt 0.00%
Republic of Congo 0.00%
Nicaragua 0.00%
Cameroon 0.00%
Kenya 0.00%
Nigeria 0.00%
Bolivia 0.00%
Tunisia 0.00%
Angola 0.00%
Moldova 0.00%
El Salvador 0.00%
Ghana 0.00%
Sudan 0.00%
Georgia 0.00%
Zambia 0.00%
Vietnam Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 29.57% 6.33%
2014 23.25% -1.27%
2013 24.51% 3.38%
2012 21.14% -0.41%
2011 21.55% 0.80%
2010 20.75% 2.74%
2009 18.01% -2.05%
2008 20.06% -1.76%
2007 21.82% -1.51%
2006 23.33% 0.64%
2005 22.69% 7.17%
2004 15.52% -2.16%
2003 17.68% 4.06%
2002 13.63% 3.11%
2001 10.51% -1.29%
2000 11.80% -0.57%
1999 12.37% -3.67%
1998 16.05% -1.33%
1997 17.38% 3.36%
1996 14.02% 0.21%
1995 13.81% 5.10%
1994 8.72% 2.74%
1993 5.97% -2.79%
1992 8.77% -6.06%
1991 14.83% -8.22%
1990 23.05% -11.97%
1989 35.02% -15.68%
1988 50.70% 0.05%
1987 50.65% 2.58%
1986 48.07% 2.62%
1985 45.45% 3.26%
1984 42.19% 2.58%
1983 39.61% 1.48%
1982 38.14% -0.22%
1981 38.36% -1.57%
1980 39.93% -32.30%
1979 72.22% -5.56%
1978 77.78% -4.95%
1977 82.72% 1.56%
1976 81.16% 1.76%
1975 79.41% -0.30%
1974 79.71% -2.42%
1973 82.13% 1.31%
1972 80.82% 7.51%
1971 73.30% 7.51%