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Coal share of electricity — Senegal

Coal share of electricity in Senegal in 2023 — 1.13%. Ranked 12 in the world out of 87. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.13 pp.

2023 1.13% −6.77 pp vs 2022
World rank 12of 87
Period maximum 13.72%2019
Period minimum 0%1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Senegal, 1990–20230510151990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0%2000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 0%2012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0.54%2015: 4.82%2016: 8.71%2017: 7.1%2018: 10.57%2019: 13.72%2020: 2.57%2021: 6.27%2022: 7.9%2023: 1.13%
Change over the period: +1.13 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 1.13%
World 35.52%
Sub-Saharan Africa 40.43%
Coal share of electricity — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.13 −6.77 pp
2022 7.9 +1.63 pp
2021 6.27 +3.7 pp
2020 2.57 −11.15 pp
2019 13.72 +3.15 pp
2018 10.57 +3.47 pp
2017 7.1 −1.61 pp
2016 8.71 +3.89 pp
2015 4.82 +4.28 pp
2014 0.54 +0.54 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0 +0 pp
1999 0 +0 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 +0 pp
1991 0 +0 pp
1990 0 —

Western Africa, 2023

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

SN Senegal 1.13 NE Niger 17.09
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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.

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