Coal share of electricity in Ireland in 2024 — 2.01%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 54.23 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ireland
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.01 | −2.27 pp |
| 2023 | 4.28 | −3.4 pp |
| 2022 | 7.68 | −1.82 pp |
| 2021 | 9.5 | +4.6 pp |
| 2020 | 4.9 | −2.91 pp |
| 2019 | 7.81 | −5.75 pp |
| 2018 | 13.56 | −5.18 pp |
| 2017 | 18.74 | −4.17 pp |
| 2016 | 22.91 | −3.03 pp |
| 2015 | 25.94 | +1.29 pp |
| 2014 | 24.65 | −0.6 pp |
| 2013 | 25.25 | −1.96 pp |
| 2012 | 27.21 | +4.91 pp |
| 2011 | 22.3 | +2.11 pp |
| 2010 | 20.19 | −3.19 pp |
| 2009 | 23.38 | −2.69 pp |
| 2008 | 26.07 | −0.37 pp |
| 2007 | 26.44 | −2.72 pp |
| 2006 | 29.16 | −4.85 pp |
| 2005 | 34.01 | +3.85 pp |
| 2004 | 30.17 | −2.46 pp |
| 2003 | 32.63 | −2.7 pp |
| 2002 | 35.33 | −1.75 pp |
| 2001 | 37.08 | +1.27 pp |
| 2000 | 35.81 | +1.67 pp |
| 1999 | 34.13 | −5.74 pp |
| 1998 | 39.87 | −4.46 pp |
| 1997 | 44.33 | −3.52 pp |
| 1996 | 47.86 | −2.73 pp |
| 1995 | 50.59 | +0.33 pp |
| 1994 | 50.26 | −1.54 pp |
| 1993 | 51.8 | −3.39 pp |
| 1992 | 55.19 | +2.38 pp |
| 1991 | 52.81 | −3.43 pp |
| 1990 | 56.24 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of electricity generated from coal in a country's total generation. Coal remains the largest source of electricity in the world despite plant closures in Europe and North America: growth in Asia outweighs that decline. In emissions per kilowatt-hour coal is about twice as bad as gas, which is why this share does more than anything else to set the carbon intensity of a country's electricity.
Important: Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by electricity generation in terawatt-hours — the only correct weight for a share of generation. The weight series comes from Ember and starts in 2000, so there are no aggregates for earlier years, even though country data go back to 1960.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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