Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — EAEU

Coal share of electricity in the EAEU in 2023 — 20.89%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.82 pp.

2023 20.89% −0.38 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 22.13%2008
Period minimum 18.42%2015

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — EAEU, 2000–20231819202122232000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 21.71%2001: 21.03%2002: 21.23%2003: 21.27%2004: 20.15%2005: 20.23%2006: 20.51%2007: 19.89%2008: 22.13%2009: 19.92%2010: 19.88%2011: 19.67%2012: 19.55%2013: 19.29%2014: 18.63%2015: 18.42%2016: 18.9%2017: 19.52%2018: 19.76%2019: 20.38%2020: 19.89%2021: 19.66%2022: 21.27%2023: 20.89%
Change over the period: −0.82 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: EAEU

EAEU 20.89%
World 35.52%
Coal share of electricity — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 20.89 −0.38 pp
2022 21.27 +1.6 pp
2021 19.66 −0.23 pp
2020 19.89 −0.49 pp
2019 20.38 +0.61 pp
2018 19.76 +0.25 pp
2017 19.52 +0.62 pp
2016 18.9 +0.47 pp
2015 18.42 −0.21 pp
2014 18.63 −0.65 pp
2013 19.29 −0.26 pp
2012 19.55 −0.12 pp
2011 19.67 −0.21 pp
2010 19.88 −0.04 pp
2009 19.92 −2.21 pp
2008 22.13 +2.24 pp
2007 19.89 −0.62 pp
2006 20.51 +0.28 pp
2005 20.23 +0.09 pp
2004 20.15 −1.13 pp
2003 21.27 +0.04 pp
2002 21.23 +0.2 pp
2001 21.03 −0.68 pp
2000 21.71

About the indicator

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.