Share of coal in electricity generation in Europe

38 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: % of generation. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.0 %
Median country
1.6 %
half above, half below
World total
34.4 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 91.3
Albania - Kosovo

How to read it

Across 38 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Kosovo (91.3 %) and the lowest in Albania (0.0 %).

The median country is at 1.6 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Coal power over time

%

Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Albania0.0
2Austria0.0
3Belgium0.0
4Estonia0.0
5Iceland0.0
6Lithuania0.0
7Luxembourg0.0
8Latvia0.0
9Moldova0.0
10Malta0.0
11Norway0.0
12Portugal0.0
13Sweden0.0
14Belarus0.0
15France0.2
16United Kingdom0.7
17Spain0.9
18Finland1.0
19Italy1.5
20Slovakia1.8
21Ireland2.0
22Denmark5.0
23Croatia5.2
24Greece5.7
25Netherlands6.1
26Hungary6.4
27Romania15.1
28Russia17.8
29Slovenia20.9
30Germany21.6
31Bulgaria22.9
32Czechia36.4
33North Macedonia37.4
34Montenegro40.5
35Poland54.3
36Bosnia and Herzegovina59.3
37Serbia62.9
38Kosovo91.3
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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