Japan coal usage/consumption for 2023 was 28.55%, a 2.11% decline from 2022.
Japan coal usage/consumption for 2022 was 30.66%, a 0.02% increase from 2021.
Japan coal usage/consumption for 2021 was 30.63%, a 0.06% increase from 2020.
Japan coal usage/consumption for 2020 was 30.58%, a 0.88% decline from 2019.
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: Japan Coal Usage/Consumption | Historical Data | 1960 - 2023.