Coal share of electricity in the OECD in 2024 — 16.11%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 23.84 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.11 | −0.92 pp |
| 2023 | 17.03 | −2.72 pp |
| 2022 | 19.75 | −0.74 pp |
| 2021 | 20.49 | +1.15 pp |
| 2020 | 19.33 | −3.1 pp |
| 2019 | 22.43 | −3.07 pp |
| 2018 | 25.51 | −1.45 pp |
| 2017 | 26.96 | −0.44 pp |
| 2016 | 27.4 | −1.99 pp |
| 2015 | 29.39 | −2.31 pp |
| 2014 | 31.7 | −0.44 pp |
| 2013 | 32.14 | +0.28 pp |
| 2012 | 31.86 | −1.16 pp |
| 2011 | 33.02 | −0.96 pp |
| 2010 | 33.98 | −0.09 pp |
| 2009 | 34.08 | −1.69 pp |
| 2008 | 35.77 | −0.82 pp |
| 2007 | 36.59 | −0.22 pp |
| 2006 | 36.81 | −0.37 pp |
| 2005 | 37.18 | −0.13 pp |
| 2004 | 37.3 | −0.93 pp |
| 2003 | 38.24 | +0.65 pp |
| 2002 | 37.59 | −0.23 pp |
| 2001 | 37.82 | −0.55 pp |
| 2000 | 38.37 | +0.75 pp |
| 1999 | 37.62 | −0.62 pp |
| 1998 | 38.24 | −0.14 pp |
| 1997 | 38.39 | +0.01 pp |
| 1996 | 38.37 | +0.52 pp |
| 1995 | 37.86 | −0.47 pp |
| 1994 | 38.33 | −0.51 pp |
| 1993 | 38.84 | −0.37 pp |
| 1992 | 39.2 | −0.27 pp |
| 1991 | 39.47 | −0.49 pp |
| 1990 | 39.95 | — |
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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