South Korea coal usage/consumption for 2024 was 32.60%, a 1.03% decline from 2023.
South Korea coal usage/consumption for 2023 was 33.63%, a 1.1% decline from 2022.
South Korea coal usage/consumption for 2022 was 34.73%, a 0.68% decline from 2021.
South Korea coal usage/consumption for 2021 was 35.41%, a 1.6% decline from 2020.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: South Korea Coal Usage/Consumption | Historical Data | 1990 - 2024.