Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — NATO

Coal share of electricity in NATO in 2024 — 13.33%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 27.47 pp.

2024 13.33% −1.22 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 40.8%2000
Period minimum 13.33%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — NATO, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 40.8%2001: 39.92%2002: 39.46%2003: 40.09%2004: 38.93%2005: 38.5%2006: 38.26%2007: 37.95%2008: 36.81%2009: 34.41%2010: 34.4%2011: 33.51%2012: 31.5%2013: 31.91%2014: 31.4%2015: 28.25%2016: 25.9%2017: 25.21%2018: 23.74%2019: 19.9%2020: 16.48%2021: 18.23%2022: 17.79%2023: 14.55%2024: 13.33%
Change over the period: −27.47 pp Annual average: -1.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 13.33%
World 15.04%
Coal share of electricity — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.33 −1.22 pp
2023 14.55 −3.24 pp
2022 17.79 −0.43 pp
2021 18.23 +1.74 pp
2020 16.48 −3.42 pp
2019 19.9 −3.84 pp
2018 23.74 −1.47 pp
2017 25.21 −0.69 pp
2016 25.9 −2.35 pp
2015 28.25 −3.15 pp
2014 31.4 −0.51 pp
2013 31.91 +0.41 pp
2012 31.5 −2.01 pp
2011 33.51 −0.9 pp
2010 34.4 −0.01 pp
2009 34.41 −2.4 pp
2008 36.81 −1.14 pp
2007 37.95 −0.31 pp
2006 38.26 −0.24 pp
2005 38.5 −0.43 pp
2004 38.93 −1.16 pp
2003 40.09 +0.63 pp
2002 39.46 −0.46 pp
2001 39.92 −0.88 pp
2000 40.8

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.