Coal share of electricity in East Asia & Pacific in 2024 — 32.61%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.92 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.61 | −22.37 pp |
| 2023 | 54.98 | −0.03 pp |
| 2022 | 55.01 | −1.01 pp |
| 2021 | 56.02 | −0.26 pp |
| 2020 | 56.28 | −1.15 pp |
| 2019 | 57.42 | −0.67 pp |
| 2018 | 58.09 | −0.81 pp |
| 2017 | 58.9 | +0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 58.41 | −1.06 pp |
| 2015 | 59.46 | −1.42 pp |
| 2014 | 60.88 | −0.84 pp |
| 2013 | 61.72 | +0.25 pp |
| 2012 | 61.47 | −0.91 pp |
| 2011 | 62.38 | +2.22 pp |
| 2010 | 60.16 | −0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 60.76 | +0.66 pp |
| 2008 | 60.11 | −0.62 pp |
| 2007 | 60.73 | +1.95 pp |
| 2006 | 58.78 | +1.74 pp |
| 2005 | 57.04 | +1.76 pp |
| 2004 | 55.28 | +0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 54.88 | +2.9 pp |
| 2002 | 51.98 | +1.39 pp |
| 2001 | 50.59 | +1.16 pp |
| 2000 | 49.43 | +1.68 pp |
| 1999 | 47.75 | +1.59 pp |
| 1998 | 46.16 | +0.53 pp |
| 1997 | 45.63 | +0.61 pp |
| 1996 | 45.02 | +1.63 pp |
| 1995 | 43.39 | +0.19 pp |
| 1994 | 43.2 | +0.78 pp |
| 1993 | 42.42 | +0.68 pp |
| 1992 | 41.74 | +1.85 pp |
| 1991 | 39.89 | +1.36 pp |
| 1990 | 38.53 | — |
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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