Coal share of electricity in North America in 2024 — 14.17%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 33.97 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.17 | −0.88 pp |
| 2023 | 15.05 | −3.18 pp |
| 2022 | 18.23 | −2.2 pp |
| 2021 | 20.43 | +2.22 pp |
| 2020 | 18.21 | −3.94 pp |
| 2019 | 22.15 | −3.71 pp |
| 2018 | 25.86 | −2.05 pp |
| 2017 | 27.91 | −0.48 pp |
| 2016 | 28.4 | −2.42 pp |
| 2015 | 30.81 | −4.76 pp |
| 2014 | 35.57 | −0.23 pp |
| 2013 | 35.81 | +1.12 pp |
| 2012 | 34.69 | −4.45 pp |
| 2011 | 39.14 | −2.48 pp |
| 2010 | 41.63 | +0.53 pp |
| 2009 | 41.1 | −3.42 pp |
| 2008 | 44.51 | −0.07 pp |
| 2007 | 44.59 | −0.63 pp |
| 2006 | 45.22 | −0.64 pp |
| 2005 | 45.86 | −0.03 pp |
| 2004 | 45.9 | −1.11 pp |
| 2003 | 47 | +0.64 pp |
| 2002 | 46.37 | −0.76 pp |
| 2001 | 47.13 | −1.1 pp |
| 2000 | 48.23 | +0.73 pp |
| 1999 | 47.5 | −0.6 pp |
| 1998 | 48.11 | −0.47 pp |
| 1997 | 48.58 | +1.18 pp |
| 1996 | 47.4 | +1.06 pp |
| 1995 | 46.34 | −0.79 pp |
| 1994 | 47.13 | −0.87 pp |
| 1993 | 48.01 | −0.03 pp |
| 1992 | 48.04 | +0.47 pp |
| 1991 | 47.57 | −0.57 pp |
| 1990 | 48.14 | — |
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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