Coal share of electricity in Western Europe in 2024 — 9.94%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17.2 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.94 | −1.66 pp |
| 2023 | 11.61 | −4.57 pp |
| 2022 | 16.18 | +2.72 pp |
| 2021 | 13.46 | +2.34 pp |
| 2020 | 11.12 | −2.76 pp |
| 2019 | 13.88 | −4.59 pp |
| 2018 | 18.47 | −1.41 pp |
| 2017 | 19.88 | −1.56 pp |
| 2016 | 21.44 | −1.24 pp |
| 2015 | 22.68 | +0.21 pp |
| 2014 | 22.47 | −1.08 pp |
| 2013 | 23.55 | +0.75 pp |
| 2012 | 22.8 | +1.15 pp |
| 2011 | 21.65 | −0.08 pp |
| 2010 | 21.72 | −0.09 pp |
| 2009 | 21.82 | −1.03 pp |
| 2008 | 22.85 | −1.9 pp |
| 2007 | 24.75 | +0.61 pp |
| 2006 | 24.13 | −0.58 pp |
| 2005 | 24.72 | −0.75 pp |
| 2004 | 25.47 | −1.11 pp |
| 2003 | 26.57 | +0.15 pp |
| 2002 | 26.42 | +0.47 pp |
| 2001 | 25.95 | −1.19 pp |
| 2000 | 27.14 | — |
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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