Coal share of electricity in Southern Asia in 2021 — 53.31%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.01 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.31 | −0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 53.41 | −1.81 pp |
| 2019 | 55.22 | −1.42 pp |
| 2018 | 56.64 | +1.04 pp |
| 2017 | 55.6 | −0.15 pp |
| 2016 | 55.75 | −0.27 pp |
| 2015 | 56.02 | +1.1 pp |
| 2014 | 54.92 | +2.04 pp |
| 2013 | 52.88 | +0.56 pp |
| 2012 | 52.31 | +3.25 pp |
| 2011 | 49.06 | +1.31 pp |
| 2010 | 47.74 | +0.52 pp |
| 2009 | 47.22 | −0.58 pp |
| 2008 | 47.8 | +2.02 pp |
| 2007 | 45.79 | −0.28 pp |
| 2006 | 46.07 | −0.56 pp |
| 2005 | 46.63 | −1.68 pp |
| 2004 | 48.31 | +0 pp |
| 2003 | 48.31 | −1.86 pp |
| 2002 | 50.17 | −0.22 pp |
| 2001 | 50.39 | +0.08 pp |
| 2000 | 50.3 | — |
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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