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Japan: Electricity production from coal sources

28.59percent · 2025-14.3% since 2015

The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. 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. Annual figures for Japan from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202528.592
202428.682
202328.404
202230.283
202130.601
202030.574
201931.452
201831.149
201732.283
201632.239
201533.365
201432.67
201332.045
201230.118
201127.254
201027.095
200927.06
200827.029
200726.752
200626.15
200527.046
200426.343
200326.256
200224.542
200123.23
200021.371
199919.887
199818.318
199718.723
199618.071
199517.484
199416.723
199316.23
199215.415
199114.697
199014.324

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Electricity production from coal sources. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-electricity-production-from-coal-sources (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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