Coal share of electricity in BRICS in 2023 — 55.45%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.82 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55.45 | +0.97 pp |
| 2022 | 54.49 | −0.55 pp |
| 2021 | 55.04 | −0.09 pp |
| 2020 | 55.12 | −1 pp |
| 2019 | 56.12 | −1.06 pp |
| 2018 | 57.19 | −0.46 pp |
| 2017 | 57.65 | +0.17 pp |
| 2016 | 57.48 | −0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 58.18 | −1.42 pp |
| 2014 | 59.6 | −0.63 pp |
| 2013 | 60.22 | +0.54 pp |
| 2012 | 59.69 | −0.86 pp |
| 2011 | 60.55 | +2.02 pp |
| 2010 | 58.53 | −0.21 pp |
| 2009 | 58.74 | +0.06 pp |
| 2008 | 58.67 | −0.26 pp |
| 2007 | 58.94 | +0.92 pp |
| 2006 | 58.01 | +1.73 pp |
| 2005 | 56.28 | +1.21 pp |
| 2004 | 55.07 | +0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 54.87 | +1.64 pp |
| 2002 | 53.23 | +1.45 pp |
| 2001 | 51.78 | +0.14 pp |
| 2000 | 51.64 | — |
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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