Coal share of electricity in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 56.68%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.37 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 56.68 | −0.22 pp |
| 2022 | 56.9 | −1.05 pp |
| 2021 | 57.94 | −0.22 pp |
| 2020 | 58.17 | −1.53 pp |
| 2019 | 59.7 | −1 pp |
| 2018 | 60.69 | −1.1 pp |
| 2017 | 61.8 | +0.31 pp |
| 2016 | 61.49 | −1.5 pp |
| 2015 | 62.99 | −1.87 pp |
| 2014 | 64.86 | −0.97 pp |
| 2013 | 65.83 | +0.42 pp |
| 2012 | 65.42 | −1.35 pp |
| 2011 | 66.77 | +2.3 pp |
| 2010 | 64.47 | −0.42 pp |
| 2009 | 64.89 | +1.13 pp |
| 2008 | 63.76 | −0.64 pp |
| 2007 | 64.4 | +2.2 pp |
| 2006 | 62.21 | +1.84 pp |
| 2005 | 60.36 | +1.8 pp |
| 2004 | 58.56 | +0.46 pp |
| 2003 | 58.1 | +3.52 pp |
| 2002 | 54.58 | +2.19 pp |
| 2001 | 52.39 | +1.08 pp |
| 2000 | 51.31 | — |
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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