Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Eastern Europe

Coal share of electricity in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 22.51%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.79 pp.

2023 22.51% −2.39 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 32.29%2000
Period minimum 22.51%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Eastern Europe, 2000–202322.52527.53032.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 32.29%2001: 31.56%2002: 31.26%2003: 31.47%2004: 29.37%2005: 29.21%2006: 30.41%2007: 30.04%2008: 30.77%2009: 29.11%2010: 28.32%2011: 28.67%2012: 28.28%2013: 27.71%2014: 26.54%2015: 26.03%2016: 26.48%2017: 26.04%2018: 25.53%2019: 24.78%2020: 22.99%2021: 23.37%2022: 24.89%2023: 22.51%
Change over the period: −9.79 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 22.51%
World 35.52%
Coal share of electricity — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 22.51 −2.39 pp
2022 24.89 +1.52 pp
2021 23.37 +0.38 pp
2020 22.99 −1.79 pp
2019 24.78 −0.75 pp
2018 25.53 −0.51 pp
2017 26.04 −0.43 pp
2016 26.48 +0.45 pp
2015 26.03 −0.51 pp
2014 26.54 −1.17 pp
2013 27.71 −0.57 pp
2012 28.28 −0.39 pp
2011 28.67 +0.35 pp
2010 28.32 −0.79 pp
2009 29.11 −1.67 pp
2008 30.77 +0.73 pp
2007 30.04 −0.37 pp
2006 30.41 +1.2 pp
2005 29.21 −0.16 pp
2004 29.37 −2.1 pp
2003 31.47 +0.21 pp
2002 31.26 −0.3 pp
2001 31.56 −0.73 pp
2000 32.29

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.