Coal share of electricity in lower-middle-income countries in 2021 — 42.88%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.73 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42.88 | −0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 43.28 | −1.38 pp |
| 2019 | 44.66 | −0.05 pp |
| 2018 | 44.71 | +1.36 pp |
| 2017 | 43.35 | −0.32 pp |
| 2016 | 43.67 | +0.53 pp |
| 2015 | 43.14 | +1.14 pp |
| 2014 | 42 | +1.64 pp |
| 2013 | 40.36 | +0.73 pp |
| 2012 | 39.63 | +2.11 pp |
| 2011 | 37.52 | +1.2 pp |
| 2010 | 36.32 | +0.34 pp |
| 2009 | 35.98 | −0.3 pp |
| 2008 | 36.28 | +1.07 pp |
| 2007 | 35.22 | +0.15 pp |
| 2006 | 35.07 | +0.43 pp |
| 2005 | 34.64 | −0.66 pp |
| 2004 | 35.3 | −0.41 pp |
| 2003 | 35.71 | −1.35 pp |
| 2002 | 37.06 | −0.38 pp |
| 2001 | 37.44 | +0.29 pp |
| 2000 | 37.15 | — |
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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