Coal share of electricity in the G20 in 2024 — 16.08%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 26.8 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.08 | −25.34 pp |
| 2023 | 41.43 | −0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 41.63 | +0.36 pp |
| 2021 | 41.27 | +0.94 pp |
| 2020 | 40.33 | −1.48 pp |
| 2019 | 41.81 | −1.41 pp |
| 2018 | 43.22 | −0.55 pp |
| 2017 | 43.77 | +0.28 pp |
| 2016 | 43.5 | −1.04 pp |
| 2015 | 44.53 | −2.04 pp |
| 2014 | 46.57 | −0.15 pp |
| 2013 | 46.73 | +0.82 pp |
| 2012 | 45.91 | −0.79 pp |
| 2011 | 46.69 | +0.7 pp |
| 2010 | 45.99 | +0.23 pp |
| 2009 | 45.76 | −0.52 pp |
| 2008 | 46.28 | −0.14 pp |
| 2007 | 46.42 | +0.76 pp |
| 2006 | 45.66 | +0.74 pp |
| 2005 | 44.92 | +0.71 pp |
| 2004 | 44.21 | −0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 44.41 | +1.22 pp |
| 2002 | 43.19 | +0.31 pp |
| 2001 | 42.88 | −0 pp |
| 2000 | 42.88 | — |
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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