Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Central Asia

Coal share of electricity in Central Asia in 2023 — 34.35%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.58 pp.

2023 34.35% −1.03 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 38.88%2011
Period minimum 27.78%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Central Asia, 2000–2023253035402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 27.78%2001: 29.26%2002: 29.16%2003: 31.14%2004: 32.97%2005: 33.44%2006: 31.8%2007: 34.87%2008: 37.63%2009: 35.31%2010: 38.62%2011: 38.88%2012: 36.6%2013: 36.91%2014: 35.17%2015: 33.39%2016: 31.77%2017: 33.1%2018: 34.38%2019: 34.98%2020: 34.36%2021: 32.89%2022: 35.38%2023: 34.35%
Change over the period: +6.58 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Central Asia 34.35%
World 35.52%
Coal share of electricity — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 34.35 −1.03 pp
2022 35.38 +2.49 pp
2021 32.89 −1.47 pp
2020 34.36 −0.62 pp
2019 34.98 +0.61 pp
2018 34.38 +1.27 pp
2017 33.1 +1.33 pp
2016 31.77 −1.63 pp
2015 33.39 −1.77 pp
2014 35.17 −1.74 pp
2013 36.91 +0.31 pp
2012 36.6 −2.29 pp
2011 38.88 +0.26 pp
2010 38.62 +3.31 pp
2009 35.31 −2.32 pp
2008 37.63 +2.76 pp
2007 34.87 +3.07 pp
2006 31.8 −1.63 pp
2005 33.44 +0.47 pp
2004 32.97 +1.83 pp
2003 31.14 +1.98 pp
2002 29.16 −0.1 pp
2001 29.26 +1.48 pp
2000 27.78

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.