Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Caribbean

Coal share of electricity in the Caribbean in 2021 — 11.42%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.42 pp.

2021 11.42% −0.48 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 11.9%2020
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Caribbean, 2000–2021051015200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0.21%2002: 2.19%2003: 5.69%2004: 6.13%2005: 5.94%2006: 7.1%2007: 7.23%2008: 7.46%2009: 7.11%2010: 6.62%2011: 7.13%2012: 6.76%2013: 7.01%2014: 7.65%2015: 6.82%2016: 7.05%2017: 6.01%2018: 5.99%2019: 8.81%2020: 11.9%2021: 11.42%
Change over the period: +11.42 pp Annual average: 0.54 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Caribbean 11.42%
World 35.99%
Coal share of electricity — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 11.42 −0.48 pp
2020 11.9 +3.08 pp
2019 8.81 +2.83 pp
2018 5.99 −0.03 pp
2017 6.01 −1.04 pp
2016 7.05 +0.24 pp
2015 6.82 −0.84 pp
2014 7.65 +0.64 pp
2013 7.01 +0.25 pp
2012 6.76 −0.37 pp
2011 7.13 +0.51 pp
2010 6.62 −0.49 pp
2009 7.11 −0.35 pp
2008 7.46 +0.23 pp
2007 7.23 +0.13 pp
2006 7.1 +1.17 pp
2005 5.94 −0.19 pp
2004 6.13 +0.44 pp
2003 5.69 +3.5 pp
2002 2.19 +1.98 pp
2001 0.21 +0.21 pp
2000 0

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.