Libya: Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Libya had the 6th highest value of the 120 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Libya in the 2021 ranking

• Lebanon — 66th of 120: 0%
• Lesotho — 67th of 120: 0%
• Liberia — 68th of 120: 0%
• Lithuania — 70th of 120: 0%
• Luxembourg — 71st of 120: 0%
• Malawi — 72nd of 120: 0%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.

All 32 values

Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 0% (2021)
• Algeria — 0% (2021)
• Bahrain — 0% (2023)
• Djibouti — 0% (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 0% (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.18% (2024)
• Iraq — 0% (2021)
• Israel — 9.32% (2025)
• Jordan — 14.42% (2024)
• Kuwait

More environment data for Libya

• Population in largest city — 1.2 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 18.35% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.2 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 16.13% (2025)
• Rural population — 901,647 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 12.09% (2025)
• Urban population — 6.56 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 87.91% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 10 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Libya's electricity production from coal sources (% of total)?

0% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is unchanged since 1990. The highest value was 0% in 1990 and the lowest 0% in 1990.

How does Libya rank?

6th highest of 120 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.COAL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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