Share of coal in electricity generation

188 countries, 2024. Unit: % of generation.

First in the ranking
0.0 %
Aruba
Median country
0.0 %
half above, half below
World
34.4 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 98.3
Aruba - Botswana

How to read it

Across 188 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Botswana (98.3 %) and the lowest in Aruba (0.0 %).

The median country is at 0.0 %: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value fell from 38.1 % in 2000 to 33.3 % in 2025.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Coal power over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1Aruba0.0North America
2Angola0.0Africa
3Albania0.0Europe
4United Arab Emirates0.0Asia
5Armenia0.0Asia
6American Samoa0.0Oceania
7Antigua and Barbuda0.0North America
8Austria0.0Europe
9Azerbaijan0.0Asia
10Burundi0.0Africa
11Belgium0.0Europe
12Benin0.0Africa
13Burkina Faso0.0Africa
14Bahrain0.0Asia
15Bahamas0.0North America
16Belize0.0North America
17Bolivia0.0South America
18Barbados0.0North America
19Bhutan0.0Asia
20Côte d'Ivoire0.0Africa
21Cameroon0.0Africa
22Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0Africa
23Republic of the Congo0.0Africa
24Cabo Verde0.0Africa
25Costa Rica0.0North America
26Cuba0.0North America
27Cayman Islands0.0North America
28Cyprus0.0Asia
29Djibouti0.0Africa
30Algeria0.0Africa
31Ecuador0.0South America
32Egypt0.0Africa
33Eritrea0.0Africa
34Estonia0.0Europe
35Ethiopia0.0Africa
36Fiji0.0Oceania
37Gabon0.0Africa
38Georgia0.0Asia
39Ghana0.0Africa
40Guinea0.0Africa
41The Gambia0.0Africa
42Guinea-Bissau0.0Africa
43Equatorial Guinea0.0Africa
44Grenada0.0North America
45Greenland0.0North America
46Guam0.0Oceania
47Guyana0.0South America
48Haiti0.0North America
49Iraq0.0Asia
50Iceland0.0Europe
51Jamaica0.0North America
52Jordan0.0Asia
53Kenya0.0Africa
54Kiribati0.0Oceania
55Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0North America
56Kuwait0.0Asia
57Lebanon0.0Asia
58Liberia0.0Africa
59Libya0.0Africa
60Saint Lucia0.0North America
61Lithuania0.0Europe
62Luxembourg0.0Europe
63Latvia0.0Europe
64Macao0.0Asia
65Moldova0.0Europe
66Maldives0.0Asia
67Mali0.0Africa
68Malta0.0Europe
69Mozambique0.0Africa
70Mauritania0.0Africa
71Malawi0.0Africa
72Nigeria0.0Africa
73Nicaragua0.0North America
74Norway0.0Europe
75Nepal0.0Asia
76Nauru0.0Oceania
77Oman0.0Asia
78Peru0.0South America
79Papua New Guinea0.0Oceania
80Portugal0.0Europe
81Paraguay0.0South America
82Palestine0.0Asia
83French Polynesia0.0Oceania
84Qatar0.0Asia
85Saudi Arabia0.0Asia
86Sudan0.0Africa
87Solomon Islands0.0Oceania
88Sierra Leone0.0Africa
89Somalia0.0Africa
90South Sudan0.0Africa
91Suriname0.0South America
92Sweden0.0Europe
93Seychelles0.0Africa
94Syria0.0Asia
95Turks and Caicos Islands0.0North America
96Chad0.0Africa
97Togo0.0Africa
98Turkmenistan0.0Asia
99Tonga0.0Oceania
100Trinidad and Tobago0.0North America
101Tunisia0.0Africa
102Tanzania0.0Africa
103Uganda0.0Africa
104Uruguay0.0South America
105Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0North America
106Venezuela0.0South America
107Samoa0.0Oceania
108Yemen0.0Asia
109Belarus0.0Europe
110France0.2Europe
111Iran0.2Asia
112Honduras0.5North America
113United Kingdom0.7Europe
114Argentina0.9South America
115Spain0.9Europe
116Singapore1.0Asia
117Finland1.0Europe
118Senegal1.3Africa
119Italy1.5Europe
120Slovakia1.8Europe
121Ireland2.0Europe
122Brazil2.2South America
123Namibia2.4Africa
124New Zealand2.7Oceania
125Afghanistan3.0Asia
126Eswatini3.3Africa
127Mexico3.5North America
128Panama3.7North America
129Canada3.9North America
130Tajikistan4.5Asia
131Denmark5.0Europe
132Croatia5.2Europe
133Myanmar5.5Asia
134Greece5.7Europe
135Netherlands6.1Europe
136Hungary6.4Europe
137Uzbekistan7.0Asia
138Kyrgyzstan9.7Asia
139Zambia10.8Africa
140Colombia12.6South America
141Pakistan13.4Asia
142Israel14.3Asia
143United States14.9North America
144Rwanda15.0Africa
145Romania15.1Europe
146Chile15.3South America
147Guatemala15.8North America
148Puerto Rico16.0North America
149Thailand16.7Asia
150Russia17.8Europe
151Niger17.9Africa
152Brunei19.8Asia
153Bangladesh19.9Asia
154Madagascar20.6Africa
155Slovenia20.9Europe
156Germany21.6Europe
157Bulgaria22.9Europe
158Laos23.3Asia
159Dominican Republic30.0North America
160South Korea30.5Asia
161Japan32.2Asia
162Sri Lanka33.3Asia
163Hong Kong33.7Asia
164North Korea34.1Asia
165Türkiye35.6Asia
166Czechia36.4Europe
167New Caledonia36.5Oceania
168North Macedonia37.4Europe
169Mauritius39.3Africa
170Montenegro40.5Europe
171Malaysia42.4Asia
172Zimbabwe42.9Africa
173Australia45.2Oceania
174Vietnam50.3Asia
175Kazakhstan54.0Asia
176Poland54.3Europe
177China58.2Asia
178Bosnia and Herzegovina59.3Europe
179Cambodia60.9Asia
180Morocco61.7Africa
181Serbia62.9Europe
182Philippines63.9Asia
183Indonesia68.4Asia
184India74.6Asia
185South Africa83.6Africa
186Mongolia84.7Asia
187Kosovo91.3Europe
188Botswana98.3Africa
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Biggest changes, 2014-2024

change in percentage points · 188 countries

Largest increase

  1. Cambodia 28.1 → 60.9 +32.8 pp
  2. Vietnam 24.7 → 50.3 +25.6 pp
  3. Laos 0.0 → 23.3 +23.3 pp
  4. Philippines 42.8 → 63.9 +21.1 pp
  5. Brunei 0.0 → 19.8 +19.8 pp

Largest decrease

  1. Greece 51.9 → 5.7 −46.2 pp
  2. Hong Kong 76.5 → 33.7 −42.8 pp
  3. Niger 55.6 → 17.9 −37.7 pp
  4. Israel 49.5 → 14.3 −35.2 pp
  5. North Macedonia 69.5 → 37.4 −32.1 pp

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Coal power - continent medians

%

Africa Asia Europe North America South America Oceania

0 5 10 15 20 25 2000 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 20.01 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2001 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 18.94 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2002 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 19.11 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2003 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 22.84 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2004 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 19.22 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2005 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 18.75 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2006 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 19.69 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2007 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 18.81 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2008 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 17.43 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2009 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 15.17 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2010 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 14.7 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2011 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 15.36 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2012 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 18.4 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2013 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.15 Europe: 16.24 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2014 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.19 Europe: 15.84 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2015 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.93 Europe: 17.92 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2016 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.5 Europe: 14.49 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2017 Africa: 0 Asia: 1.4 Europe: 11.73 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2018 Africa: 0 Asia: 2.26 Europe: 11.01 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2019 Africa: 0 Asia: 5.48 Europe: 7.4 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2020 Africa: 0 Asia: 3.69 Europe: 4.71 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2021 Africa: 0 Asia: 5.54 Europe: 5.32 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2022 Africa: 0 Asia: 5.54 Europe: 6.56 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2023 Africa: 0 Asia: 4.76 Europe: 3.84 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2024 Africa: 0 Asia: 4.51 Europe: 1.62 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2000 2008 2012 2016 2024

By continent

median country
Africa 0.0 %
Asia 4.5 %
Europe 1.6 %
North America 0.0 %
South America 0.0 %
Oceania 0.0 %

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