Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — South-Eastern Asia

Coal share of electricity in South-Eastern Asia in 2023 — 45.18%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.87 pp.

2023 45.18% +1.61 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 46.31%2020
Period minimum 21.31%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — South-Eastern Asia, 2000–2023203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 21.31%2001: 22.3%2002: 22.43%2003: 22.98%2004: 23.32%2005: 23.97%2006: 25.31%2007: 27.37%2008: 25.81%2009: 26.03%2010: 27.83%2011: 30.94%2012: 32.53%2013: 33.19%2014: 33.74%2015: 37.09%2016: 38.45%2017: 39.29%2018: 41.16%2019: 43.73%2020: 46.31%2021: 45.01%2022: 43.57%2023: 45.18%
Change over the period: +23.87 pp Annual average: 1.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 45.18%
World 35.52%
Coal share of electricity — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 45.18 +1.61 pp
2022 43.57 −1.44 pp
2021 45.01 −1.3 pp
2020 46.31 +2.58 pp
2019 43.73 +2.57 pp
2018 41.16 +1.87 pp
2017 39.29 +0.85 pp
2016 38.45 +1.36 pp
2015 37.09 +3.34 pp
2014 33.74 +0.56 pp
2013 33.19 +0.66 pp
2012 32.53 +1.59 pp
2011 30.94 +3.11 pp
2010 27.83 +1.8 pp
2009 26.03 +0.22 pp
2008 25.81 −1.56 pp
2007 27.37 +2.06 pp
2006 25.31 +1.34 pp
2005 23.97 +0.65 pp
2004 23.32 +0.34 pp
2003 22.98 +0.55 pp
2002 22.43 +0.13 pp
2001 22.3 +0.99 pp
2000 21.31

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.