Coal share of electricity in South Asia in 2023 — 70.62%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 7.83 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 70.62 | +3.06 pp |
| 2022 | 67.56 | +0.84 pp |
| 2021 | 66.72 | −0.05 pp |
| 2020 | 66.76 | −1.66 pp |
| 2019 | 68.42 | −2.28 pp |
| 2018 | 70.7 | +0.17 pp |
| 2017 | 70.53 | −0.61 pp |
| 2016 | 71.14 | −0.81 pp |
| 2015 | 71.95 | +1.21 pp |
| 2014 | 70.74 | +1.94 pp |
| 2013 | 68.8 | +0.78 pp |
| 2012 | 68.02 | +4.16 pp |
| 2011 | 63.86 | +0.19 pp |
| 2010 | 63.67 | +0.31 pp |
| 2009 | 63.35 | −0.94 pp |
| 2008 | 64.29 | +2.2 pp |
| 2007 | 62.08 | −1.21 pp |
| 2006 | 63.3 | −0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 63.6 | −0.88 pp |
| 2004 | 64.48 | −0.66 pp |
| 2003 | 65.14 | −1.7 pp |
| 2002 | 66.85 | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 66.64 | +0.87 pp |
| 2000 | 65.77 | +0.74 pp |
| 1999 | 65.02 | +0.35 pp |
| 1998 | 64.67 | −2.14 pp |
| 1997 | 66.81 | −1.4 pp |
| 1996 | 68.21 | +0.67 pp |
| 1995 | 67.54 | +2.11 pp |
| 1994 | 65.43 | −2.19 pp |
| 1993 | 67.62 | +2.03 pp |
| 1992 | 65.59 | +1.09 pp |
| 1991 | 64.5 | +1.71 pp |
| 1990 | 62.79 | — |
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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