Coal share of electricity in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 11.3%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 20.6 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.3 | −4.08 pp |
| 2023 | 15.38 | −2.28 pp |
| 2022 | 17.65 | +1.15 pp |
| 2021 | 16.5 | +0.56 pp |
| 2020 | 15.94 | −1.97 pp |
| 2019 | 17.91 | −2.63 pp |
| 2018 | 20.54 | −0.63 pp |
| 2017 | 21.17 | −0.65 pp |
| 2016 | 21.82 | −1.35 pp |
| 2015 | 23.16 | −0.72 pp |
| 2014 | 23.88 | −1.26 pp |
| 2013 | 25.14 | −0.34 pp |
| 2012 | 25.48 | +0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 24.68 | +0.95 pp |
| 2010 | 23.73 | −0.52 pp |
| 2009 | 24.25 | −1.35 pp |
| 2008 | 25.61 | −1.13 pp |
| 2007 | 26.73 | −0.06 pp |
| 2006 | 26.8 | +0.52 pp |
| 2005 | 26.28 | −0.55 pp |
| 2004 | 26.83 | −1.31 pp |
| 2003 | 28.14 | +0.62 pp |
| 2002 | 27.53 | −0.03 pp |
| 2001 | 27.55 | −0.33 pp |
| 2000 | 27.88 | +0.77 pp |
| 1999 | 27.11 | −1.2 pp |
| 1998 | 28.32 | −0.16 pp |
| 1997 | 28.48 | −1.2 pp |
| 1996 | 29.67 | −0.54 pp |
| 1995 | 30.22 | −0.43 pp |
| 1994 | 30.65 | +0.64 pp |
| 1993 | 30.01 | −1.19 pp |
| 1992 | 31.2 | −0.46 pp |
| 1991 | 31.65 | −0.24 pp |
| 1990 | 31.9 | — |
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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