Coal share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2021 — 52.53%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.44 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.53 | −0.25 pp |
| 2020 | 52.78 | −0.54 pp |
| 2019 | 53.32 | −0.92 pp |
| 2018 | 54.24 | −0.58 pp |
| 2017 | 54.82 | +0.18 pp |
| 2016 | 54.64 | −0.83 pp |
| 2015 | 55.47 | −1.99 pp |
| 2014 | 57.46 | −0.99 pp |
| 2013 | 58.45 | +0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 58.25 | −1.92 pp |
| 2011 | 60.18 | +2.45 pp |
| 2010 | 57.73 | −0.26 pp |
| 2009 | 57.98 | +0.53 pp |
| 2008 | 57.46 | −1.29 pp |
| 2007 | 58.75 | +2.04 pp |
| 2006 | 56.71 | +1.81 pp |
| 2005 | 54.9 | +1.85 pp |
| 2004 | 53.06 | +0.21 pp |
| 2003 | 52.85 | +2.65 pp |
| 2002 | 50.2 | +1.3 pp |
| 2001 | 48.9 | +0.81 pp |
| 2000 | 48.09 | — |
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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