Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Norway

Coal share of electricity in Norway in 2024 — 0.08%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.01 pp.

2024 0.08% −0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 33
Period maximum 0.12%2017
Period minimum 0.05%2000

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Norway, 1990–20240.040.060.080.10.120.1419901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 0.07%1991: 0.08%1992: 0.08%1993: 0.07%1994: 0.09%1995: 0.07%1996: 0.09%1997: 0.07%1998: 0.07%1999: 0.07%2000: 0.05%2001: 0.08%2002: 0.1%2003: 0.12%2004: 0.1%2005: 0.1%2006: 0.11%2007: 0.1%2008: 0.09%2009: 0.07%2010: 0.11%2011: 0.11%2012: 0.11%2013: 0.11%2014: 0.11%2015: 0.1%2016: 0.1%2017: 0.12%2018: 0.12%2019: 0.12%2020: 0.12%2021: 0.12%2022: 0.11%2023: 0.1%2024: 0.08%
Change over the period: +0.01 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Norway 0.08%
World 15.04%
Coal share of electricity — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.08 −0.02 pp
2023 0.1 −0.01 pp
2022 0.11 −0.01 pp
2021 0.12 +0 pp
2020 0.12 −0 pp
2019 0.12 −0 pp
2018 0.12 −0 pp
2017 0.12 +0.03 pp
2016 0.1 −0.01 pp
2015 0.1 −0.01 pp
2014 0.11 −0 pp
2013 0.11 −0 pp
2012 0.11 +0 pp
2011 0.11 +0 pp
2010 0.11 +0.03 pp
2009 0.07 −0.02 pp
2008 0.09 −0.01 pp
2007 0.1 −0.01 pp
2006 0.11 +0.02 pp
2005 0.1 −0 pp
2004 0.1 −0.03 pp
2003 0.12 +0.02 pp
2002 0.1 +0.02 pp
2001 0.08 +0.03 pp
2000 0.05 −0.02 pp
1999 0.07 +0 pp
1998 0.07 −0 pp
1997 0.07 −0.02 pp
1996 0.09 +0.02 pp
1995 0.07 −0.02 pp
1994 0.09 +0.01 pp
1993 0.07 −0.01 pp
1992 0.08 +0 pp
1991 0.08 +0.01 pp
1990 0.07

Northern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.