Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — Southern Europe

Coal share of electricity in Southern Europe in 2021 — 10.13%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 19.63 pp.

2021 10.13% −1.2 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 30.4%2002
Period minimum 10.13%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — Southern Europe, 2000–2021010203040200020032006200920122015201820212000: 29.76%2001: 28.76%2002: 30.4%2003: 29.25%2004: 29.59%2005: 28.78%2006: 26.49%2007: 27.14%2008: 23.71%2009: 22.7%2010: 19.68%2011: 24.26%2012: 26.24%2013: 23.53%2014: 23.54%2015: 24.83%2016: 21.03%2017: 21.75%2018: 19.53%2019: 13.84%2020: 11.33%2021: 10.13%
Change over the period: −19.63 pp Annual average: -0.93 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Europe 10.13%
World 35.99%
Coal share of electricity — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.13 −1.2 pp
2020 11.33 −2.51 pp
2019 13.84 −5.68 pp
2018 19.53 −2.22 pp
2017 21.75 +0.72 pp
2016 21.03 −3.79 pp
2015 24.83 +1.28 pp
2014 23.54 +0.01 pp
2013 23.53 −2.71 pp
2012 26.24 +1.98 pp
2011 24.26 +4.58 pp
2010 19.68 −3.01 pp
2009 22.7 −1.01 pp
2008 23.71 −3.43 pp
2007 27.14 +0.66 pp
2006 26.49 −2.3 pp
2005 28.78 −0.81 pp
2004 29.59 +0.34 pp
2003 29.25 −1.15 pp
2002 30.4 +1.64 pp
2001 28.76 −1 pp
2000 29.76

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.