Coal share of electricity in the European Union in 2024 — 10.48%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 26.62 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.48 | −2.1 pp |
| 2023 | 12.58 | −4.48 pp |
| 2022 | 17.07 | +1.54 pp |
| 2021 | 15.53 | +1.79 pp |
| 2020 | 13.74 | −3.14 pp |
| 2019 | 16.87 | −4.96 pp |
| 2018 | 21.83 | −1.36 pp |
| 2017 | 23.19 | −0.92 pp |
| 2016 | 24.11 | −1.72 pp |
| 2015 | 25.83 | −0.06 pp |
| 2014 | 25.89 | −0.73 pp |
| 2013 | 26.62 | −0.29 pp |
| 2012 | 26.91 | +0.5 pp |
| 2011 | 26.41 | +1.12 pp |
| 2010 | 25.3 | −0.82 pp |
| 2009 | 26.12 | −0.88 pp |
| 2008 | 27 | −2.65 pp |
| 2007 | 29.65 | +0.46 pp |
| 2006 | 29.19 | −0.18 pp |
| 2005 | 29.38 | −1.11 pp |
| 2004 | 30.48 | −1.29 pp |
| 2003 | 31.77 | +0.51 pp |
| 2002 | 31.26 | +0.48 pp |
| 2001 | 30.78 | −1.02 pp |
| 2000 | 31.8 | +0.73 pp |
| 1999 | 31.07 | −0.91 pp |
| 1998 | 31.99 | −0.42 pp |
| 1997 | 32.41 | −1.07 pp |
| 1996 | 33.48 | −0.42 pp |
| 1995 | 33.9 | −0.31 pp |
| 1994 | 34.22 | −0.02 pp |
| 1993 | 34.23 | −1 pp |
| 1992 | 35.24 | −1.05 pp |
| 1991 | 36.28 | −0.82 pp |
| 1990 | 37.1 | — |
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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