Share of coal in electricity generation in Asia

49 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: % of generation. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.0 %
Median country
4.5 %
half above, half below
World total
34.4 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 84.7
United Arab Emirates - Mongolia

How to read it

Across 49 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Mongolia (84.7 %) and the lowest in United Arab Emirates (0.0 %).

The median country is at 4.5 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Coal power over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1United Arab Emirates0.0
2Armenia0.0
3Azerbaijan0.0
4Bahrain0.0
5Bhutan0.0
6Cyprus0.0
7Georgia0.0
8Iraq0.0
9Jordan0.0
10Kuwait0.0
11Lebanon0.0
12Macao0.0
13Maldives0.0
14Nepal0.0
15Oman0.0
16Palestine0.0
17Qatar0.0
18Saudi Arabia0.0
19Syria0.0
20Turkmenistan0.0
21Yemen0.0
22Iran0.2
23Singapore1.0
24Afghanistan3.0
25Tajikistan4.5
26Myanmar5.5
27Uzbekistan7.0
28Kyrgyzstan9.7
29Pakistan13.4
30Israel14.3
31Thailand16.7
32Brunei19.8
33Bangladesh19.9
34Laos23.3
35South Korea30.5
36Japan32.2
37Sri Lanka33.3
38Hong Kong33.7
39North Korea34.1
40Türkiye35.6
41Malaysia42.4
42Vietnam50.3
43Kazakhstan54.0
44China58.2
45Cambodia60.9
46Philippines63.9
47Indonesia68.4
48India74.6
49Mongolia84.7
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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