Coal share of electricity in Canada in 2024 — 2.93%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 14.1 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Canada
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.93 | −0.79 pp |
| 2023 | 3.72 | −0.27 pp |
| 2022 | 3.99 | −1.34 pp |
| 2021 | 5.32 | −0.61 pp |
| 2020 | 5.93 | −1.41 pp |
| 2019 | 7.34 | −0.33 pp |
| 2018 | 7.67 | −1.39 pp |
| 2017 | 9.06 | −0.28 pp |
| 2016 | 9.35 | −0.08 pp |
| 2015 | 9.43 | −0.58 pp |
| 2014 | 10 | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 9.91 | −0.28 pp |
| 2012 | 10.18 | −1.68 pp |
| 2011 | 11.86 | −1.32 pp |
| 2010 | 13.18 | +0.25 pp |
| 2009 | 12.93 | −1.89 pp |
| 2008 | 14.83 | −1.28 pp |
| 2007 | 16.11 | +0.84 pp |
| 2006 | 15.27 | −0.93 pp |
| 2005 | 16.19 | −0.67 pp |
| 2004 | 16.86 | −2.22 pp |
| 2003 | 19.08 | −0.49 pp |
| 2002 | 19.58 | −0.39 pp |
| 2001 | 19.96 | +0.57 pp |
| 2000 | 19.39 | +0.78 pp |
| 1999 | 18.61 | −0.39 pp |
| 1998 | 19.01 | +1.7 pp |
| 1997 | 17.31 | +1.63 pp |
| 1996 | 15.67 | +0.09 pp |
| 1995 | 15.58 | +0.01 pp |
| 1994 | 15.57 | +0.11 pp |
| 1993 | 15.46 | −1.82 pp |
| 1992 | 17.27 | −0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 17.37 | +0.34 pp |
| 1990 | 17.03 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Canada
2.93
United States
15.69
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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