Coal share of electricity in France in 2024 — 0.36%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 8.06 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.36 | −0.23 pp |
| 2023 | 0.58 | −0.65 pp |
| 2022 | 1.24 | −0.08 pp |
| 2021 | 1.32 | +0.39 pp |
| 2020 | 0.93 | −0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 1.03 | −0.78 pp |
| 2018 | 1.81 | −0.89 pp |
| 2017 | 2.7 | +0.53 pp |
| 2016 | 2.17 | −0.34 pp |
| 2015 | 2.51 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 2.41 | −2.11 pp |
| 2013 | 4.52 | +0.31 pp |
| 2012 | 4.21 | +0.75 pp |
| 2011 | 3.47 | −1.16 pp |
| 2010 | 4.62 | +0.14 pp |
| 2009 | 4.48 | −0.12 pp |
| 2008 | 4.61 | −0.34 pp |
| 2007 | 4.95 | +0.36 pp |
| 2006 | 4.59 | −0.74 pp |
| 2005 | 5.33 | +0.59 pp |
| 2004 | 4.74 | −0.42 pp |
| 2003 | 5.16 | +0.34 pp |
| 2002 | 4.83 | +0.48 pp |
| 2001 | 4.35 | −1.37 pp |
| 2000 | 5.72 | −0.58 pp |
| 1999 | 6.3 | −1 pp |
| 1998 | 7.3 | +2.17 pp |
| 1997 | 5.12 | −0.91 pp |
| 1996 | 6.03 | +0.66 pp |
| 1995 | 5.37 | +0.31 pp |
| 1994 | 5.06 | −0.17 pp |
| 1993 | 5.24 | −2.9 pp |
| 1992 | 8.14 | −1.35 pp |
| 1991 | 9.48 | +1.06 pp |
| 1990 | 8.42 | — |
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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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