Coal share of electricity in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 40.46%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 30.41 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.46 | −0.06 pp |
| 2023 | 40.52 | −2.35 pp |
| 2022 | 42.88 | −3.57 pp |
| 2021 | 46.45 | −1.44 pp |
| 2020 | 47.89 | −3 pp |
| 2019 | 50.89 | −1.4 pp |
| 2018 | 52.29 | −1.77 pp |
| 2017 | 54.07 | −0.78 pp |
| 2016 | 54.85 | +0.34 pp |
| 2015 | 54.5 | +1.52 pp |
| 2014 | 52.98 | −2.29 pp |
| 2013 | 55.27 | −4.32 pp |
| 2012 | 59.6 | +0.81 pp |
| 2011 | 58.79 | −2.52 pp |
| 2010 | 61.31 | −3.7 pp |
| 2009 | 65.01 | −1.05 pp |
| 2008 | 66.05 | −0.38 pp |
| 2007 | 66.43 | −2.91 pp |
| 2006 | 69.34 | +0.15 pp |
| 2005 | 69.19 | +1.95 pp |
| 2004 | 67.24 | +0.09 pp |
| 2003 | 67.15 | +1.08 pp |
| 2002 | 66.07 | −5.48 pp |
| 2001 | 71.55 | +0.68 pp |
| 2000 | 70.87 | — |
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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