Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa

Coal share of electricity in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 13.97%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 10.32 pp.

2024 13.97% +10.91 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 13.97%2024
Period minimum 2.57%2016

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, 1990–202405101519901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 3.65%1991: 3.73%1992: 4.04%1993: 4.27%1994: 4.27%1995: 5.06%1996: 5.42%1997: 5.61%1998: 5.68%1999: 5.3%2000: 5.67%2001: 6.25%2002: 6.14%2003: 5.94%2004: 5.73%2005: 5.29%2006: 4.94%2007: 4.79%2008: 4.28%2009: 3.96%2010: 3.61%2011: 3.66%2012: 3.7%2013: 3.11%2014: 3.06%2015: 2.96%2016: 2.57%2017: 2.97%2018: 3.31%2019: 4.13%2020: 4.08%2021: 3.87%2022: 3.39%2023: 3.06%2024: 13.97%
Change over the period: +10.32 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 13.97%
World 15.04%
Coal share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.97 +10.91 pp
2023 3.06 −0.33 pp
2022 3.39 −0.47 pp
2021 3.87 −0.21 pp
2020 4.08 −0.06 pp
2019 4.13 +0.83 pp
2018 3.31 +0.34 pp
2017 2.97 +0.4 pp
2016 2.57 −0.39 pp
2015 2.96 −0.1 pp
2014 3.06 −0.05 pp
2013 3.11 −0.58 pp
2012 3.7 +0.03 pp
2011 3.66 +0.06 pp
2010 3.61 −0.35 pp
2009 3.96 −0.33 pp
2008 4.28 −0.51 pp
2007 4.79 −0.15 pp
2006 4.94 −0.35 pp
2005 5.29 −0.44 pp
2004 5.73 −0.21 pp
2003 5.94 −0.2 pp
2002 6.14 −0.11 pp
2001 6.25 +0.58 pp
2000 5.67 +0.37 pp
1999 5.3 −0.38 pp
1998 5.68 +0.07 pp
1997 5.61 +0.19 pp
1996 5.42 +0.36 pp
1995 5.06 +0.78 pp
1994 4.27 +0 pp
1993 4.27 +0.23 pp
1992 4.04 +0.31 pp
1991 3.73 +0.08 pp
1990 3.65

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.