Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Latvia

Coal share of electricity in Latvia in 2023 — 0%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 87. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.93 pp.

2023 0% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 1of 87
Period maximum 3.1%1996
Period minimum 0%2004

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Latvia, 1990–2023012341990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.93%1991: 1.05%1992: 1.83%1993: 2.01%1994: 1.76%1995: 2.46%1996: 3.1%1997: 2.31%1998: 1.71%1999: 0.9%2000: 1.89%2001: 0.98%2002: 0.96%2003: 0.55%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0.02%2008: 0.04%2009: 0.04%2010: 0.03%2011: 0.03%2012: 0.03%2013: 0.05%2014: 0%2015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%2018: 0.1%2019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 0%2022: 0%2023: 0%
Change over the period: −0.93 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latvia

Latvia 0%
World 35.52%
Coal share of electricity — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0 +0 pp
2022 0 −0 pp
2021 0 −0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 −0.1 pp
2018 0.1 +0.1 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 −0.05 pp
2013 0.05 +0.02 pp
2012 0.03 −0 pp
2011 0.03 +0 pp
2010 0.03 −0.01 pp
2009 0.04 −0 pp
2008 0.04 +0.02 pp
2007 0.02 +0.02 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 −0.55 pp
2003 0.55 −0.4 pp
2002 0.96 −0.03 pp
2001 0.98 −0.9 pp
2000 1.89 +0.99 pp
1999 0.9 −0.81 pp
1998 1.71 −0.6 pp
1997 2.31 −0.79 pp
1996 3.1 +0.64 pp
1995 2.46 +0.71 pp
1994 1.76 −0.26 pp
1993 2.01 +0.19 pp
1992 1.83 +0.78 pp
1991 1.05 +0.11 pp
1990 0.93

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

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.