Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Melanesia

Coal share of electricity in Melanesia in 2021 — 13.09%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.09 pp.

2021 13.09% −4.67 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 17.76%2020
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Melanesia, 2000–202105101520200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 1.97%2009: 3.37%2010: 8.06%2011: 8.39%2012: 7.87%2013: 8.44%2014: 9.2%2015: 9.67%2016: 12.51%2017: 15.32%2018: 15.69%2019: 16.9%2020: 17.76%2021: 13.09%
Change over the period: +13.09 pp Annual average: 0.62 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Melanesia 13.09%
World 35.99%
Coal share of electricity — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 13.09 −4.67 pp
2020 17.76 +0.86 pp
2019 16.9 +1.2 pp
2018 15.69 +0.37 pp
2017 15.32 +2.81 pp
2016 12.51 +2.84 pp
2015 9.67 +0.47 pp
2014 9.2 +0.76 pp
2013 8.44 +0.57 pp
2012 7.87 −0.52 pp
2011 8.39 +0.33 pp
2010 8.06 +4.68 pp
2009 3.37 +1.41 pp
2008 1.97 +1.97 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 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.