Coal share of electricity in the Euro area in 2024 — 7.1%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 26.76 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.1 | −2 pp |
| 2023 | 9.1 | −4.15 pp |
| 2022 | 13.24 | +1.79 pp |
| 2021 | 11.45 | +1.56 pp |
| 2020 | 9.89 | −3.15 pp |
| 2019 | 13.04 | −5.23 pp |
| 2018 | 18.27 | −1.64 pp |
| 2017 | 19.91 | −0.84 pp |
| 2016 | 20.75 | −2.1 pp |
| 2015 | 22.85 | +0.17 pp |
| 2014 | 22.68 | −0.52 pp |
| 2013 | 23.2 | −0.42 pp |
| 2012 | 23.62 | +1.25 pp |
| 2011 | 22.37 | +1.19 pp |
| 2010 | 21.18 | −0.66 pp |
| 2009 | 21.85 | −1.02 pp |
| 2008 | 22.87 | −2.8 pp |
| 2007 | 25.67 | +0.74 pp |
| 2006 | 24.93 | −0.83 pp |
| 2005 | 25.76 | −1.03 pp |
| 2004 | 26.79 | −0.79 pp |
| 2003 | 27.58 | +0.01 pp |
| 2002 | 27.57 | +0.61 pp |
| 2001 | 26.96 | −0.88 pp |
| 2000 | 27.83 | +0.47 pp |
| 1999 | 27.36 | −0.97 pp |
| 1998 | 28.33 | +0.01 pp |
| 1997 | 28.31 | −0.58 pp |
| 1996 | 28.89 | −1.06 pp |
| 1995 | 29.95 | −0.12 pp |
| 1994 | 30.07 | −0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 30.17 | −1.35 pp |
| 1992 | 31.52 | −1.19 pp |
| 1991 | 32.71 | −1.15 pp |
| 1990 | 33.86 | — |
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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