Malaysia 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.
  • Malaysia coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 42.28%, a 4.42% increase from 2014.
  • Malaysia coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 37.86%, a 0.72% decline from 2013.
  • Malaysia coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 38.58%, a 2.94% decline from 2012.
  • Malaysia coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 41.51%, a 0.53% 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%
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%
Armenia 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Paraguay 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Malaysia Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 42.28% 4.42%
2014 37.86% -0.72%
2013 38.58% -2.94%
2012 41.51% 0.53%
2011 40.98% 6.65%
2010 34.33% 5.62%
2009 28.71% 1.95%
2008 26.77% -0.93%
2007 27.70% 4.63%
2006 23.07% -1.11%
2005 24.18% 0.83%
2004 23.36% 4.48%
2003 18.87% 3.70%
2002 15.17% 2.68%
2001 12.49% 1.38%
2000 11.11% 4.12%
1999 6.99% 1.27%
1998 5.72% 0.23%
1997 5.49% -1.17%
1996 6.66% -0.93%
1995 7.59% -0.94%
1994 8.53% -0.64%
1993 9.17% -2.74%
1992 11.91% -1.17%
1991 13.08% 0.34%
1990 12.74% 2.65%
1989 10.09% 8.76%
1988 1.33% 1.33%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%