Coal share of electricity in Australia in 2024 — 45.96%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 32.41 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45.96 | −0.54 pp |
| 2023 | 46.5 | −2.7 pp |
| 2022 | 49.2 | −3.64 pp |
| 2021 | 52.84 | −2.04 pp |
| 2020 | 54.88 | −3.57 pp |
| 2019 | 58.44 | −1.97 pp |
| 2018 | 60.41 | −2.31 pp |
| 2017 | 62.72 | −0.89 pp |
| 2016 | 63.61 | +0.48 pp |
| 2015 | 63.13 | +1.74 pp |
| 2014 | 61.39 | −2.4 pp |
| 2013 | 63.8 | −4.82 pp |
| 2012 | 68.61 | +0.59 pp |
| 2011 | 68.02 | −3.3 pp |
| 2010 | 71.32 | −3.55 pp |
| 2009 | 74.88 | −0.91 pp |
| 2008 | 75.79 | −1.21 pp |
| 2007 | 77 | −2.59 pp |
| 2006 | 79.59 | +0.16 pp |
| 2005 | 79.42 | +1.84 pp |
| 2004 | 77.58 | +0.17 pp |
| 2003 | 77.41 | +0.36 pp |
| 2002 | 77.05 | −6.1 pp |
| 2001 | 83.15 | +0.27 pp |
| 2000 | 82.89 | +0.28 pp |
| 1999 | 82.6 | −1.25 pp |
| 1998 | 83.85 | +1.04 pp |
| 1997 | 82.81 | +0.79 pp |
| 1996 | 82.02 | +2.02 pp |
| 1995 | 80 | −0.98 pp |
| 1994 | 80.98 | +0.75 pp |
| 1993 | 80.23 | −0.69 pp |
| 1992 | 80.93 | +0.72 pp |
| 1991 | 80.21 | +1.84 pp |
| 1990 | 78.36 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
New Zealand
5.3
Australia
45.96
The share of electricity generated from coal in a country's total generation. Coal remains the largest source of electricity in the world despite plant closures in Europe and North America: growth in Asia outweighs that decline. In emissions per kilowatt-hour coal is about twice as bad as gas, which is why this share does more than anything else to set the carbon intensity of a country's electricity.
Important: Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by electricity generation in terawatt-hours — the only correct weight for a share of generation. The weight series comes from Ember and starts in 2000, so there are no aggregates for earlier years, even though country data go back to 1960.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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