Coal share of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 40.43%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 30.21 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 40.43 | −1.75 pp |
| 2022 | 42.18 | +0.16 pp |
| 2021 | 42.02 | −2.42 pp |
| 2020 | 44.43 | −2.48 pp |
| 2019 | 46.92 | −1.99 pp |
| 2018 | 48.91 | −1.27 pp |
| 2017 | 50.18 | +0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 49.48 | −1.12 pp |
| 2015 | 50.59 | −2 pp |
| 2014 | 52.59 | −2.88 pp |
| 2013 | 55.47 | −2.23 pp |
| 2012 | 57.71 | −1.6 pp |
| 2011 | 59.31 | −1.07 pp |
| 2010 | 60.38 | −1.07 pp |
| 2009 | 61.45 | −1.65 pp |
| 2008 | 63.1 | −1.14 pp |
| 2007 | 64.24 | +0.15 pp |
| 2006 | 64.1 | −0.6 pp |
| 2005 | 64.7 | −0.04 pp |
| 2004 | 64.74 | −1.15 pp |
| 2003 | 65.89 | +1.45 pp |
| 2002 | 64.44 | −1.38 pp |
| 2001 | 65.82 | −0.41 pp |
| 2000 | 66.24 | −1.49 pp |
| 1999 | 67.73 | −1.31 pp |
| 1998 | 69.04 | −1.47 pp |
| 1997 | 70.52 | −0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 70.81 | +0.56 pp |
| 1995 | 70.26 | −0.75 pp |
| 1994 | 71.01 | −0.94 pp |
| 1993 | 71.95 | +1.86 pp |
| 1992 | 70.1 | +0.69 pp |
| 1991 | 69.4 | −1.24 pp |
| 1990 | 70.64 | — |
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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