Coal share of electricity in low-income countries in 2021 — 6.76%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.48 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.76 | −1.27 pp |
| 2020 | 8.04 | −1.34 pp |
| 2019 | 9.38 | +0.21 pp |
| 2018 | 9.17 | −0.26 pp |
| 2017 | 9.43 | +0.41 pp |
| 2016 | 9.02 | +1.03 pp |
| 2015 | 7.99 | +0.31 pp |
| 2014 | 7.68 | +0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 7.28 | +0.33 pp |
| 2012 | 6.94 | +0.76 pp |
| 2011 | 6.18 | −1.54 pp |
| 2010 | 7.72 | −1.08 pp |
| 2009 | 8.8 | +1.32 pp |
| 2008 | 7.48 | +0.52 pp |
| 2007 | 6.96 | −1.88 pp |
| 2006 | 8.83 | −0.13 pp |
| 2005 | 8.96 | −0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 9.26 | −0.38 pp |
| 2003 | 9.64 | −0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 9.84 | −0.87 pp |
| 2001 | 10.7 | −0.54 pp |
| 2000 | 11.24 | — |
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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