Coal share of electricity in the G7 in 2024 — 14.89%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 24.16 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.89 | −0.79 pp |
| 2023 | 15.68 | −3.12 pp |
| 2022 | 18.8 | −0.96 pp |
| 2021 | 19.76 | +1.79 pp |
| 2020 | 17.97 | −3.02 pp |
| 2019 | 20.99 | −3.22 pp |
| 2018 | 24.21 | −1.74 pp |
| 2017 | 25.95 | −0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 26.65 | −2.45 pp |
| 2015 | 29.1 | −3.36 pp |
| 2014 | 32.46 | −0.57 pp |
| 2013 | 33.03 | +0.93 pp |
| 2012 | 32.1 | −1.63 pp |
| 2011 | 33.73 | −1.34 pp |
| 2010 | 35.06 | +0.31 pp |
| 2009 | 34.75 | −2.3 pp |
| 2008 | 37.06 | −0.54 pp |
| 2007 | 37.6 | −0.21 pp |
| 2006 | 37.81 | −0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 38.31 | −0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 38.34 | −0.83 pp |
| 2003 | 39.16 | +0.78 pp |
| 2002 | 38.39 | −0.22 pp |
| 2001 | 38.61 | −0.44 pp |
| 2000 | 39.05 | — |
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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