Coal share of electricity in Southern Africa in 2023 — 80.98%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.94 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 80.98 | −1.27 pp |
| 2022 | 82.25 | −0.22 pp |
| 2021 | 82.48 | −3.67 pp |
| 2020 | 86.14 | −0.22 pp |
| 2019 | 86.36 | −1.24 pp |
| 2018 | 87.6 | −0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 87.9 | −0.86 pp |
| 2016 | 88.76 | −0.18 pp |
| 2015 | 88.94 | −0.81 pp |
| 2014 | 89.75 | −0.81 pp |
| 2013 | 90.56 | −1.38 pp |
| 2012 | 91.95 | +0.25 pp |
| 2011 | 91.7 | −0.59 pp |
| 2010 | 92.29 | +0.17 pp |
| 2009 | 92.12 | −0.27 pp |
| 2008 | 92.39 | −0.42 pp |
| 2007 | 92.82 | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 92.72 | +0.13 pp |
| 2005 | 92.58 | +0.8 pp |
| 2004 | 91.79 | −0.29 pp |
| 2003 | 92.08 | +0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 91.58 | −0.48 pp |
| 2001 | 92.06 | +1.14 pp |
| 2000 | 90.92 | — |
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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