Coal share of electricity in the world in 2024 — 15.04%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 22.34 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.04 | −20.48 pp |
| 2023 | 35.52 | −0.29 pp |
| 2022 | 35.81 | −0.18 pp |
| 2021 | 35.99 | +0.76 pp |
| 2020 | 35.23 | −1.53 pp |
| 2019 | 36.75 | −1.26 pp |
| 2018 | 38.01 | −0.49 pp |
| 2017 | 38.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 38.2 | −0.91 pp |
| 2015 | 39.12 | −1.65 pp |
| 2014 | 40.77 | −0.19 pp |
| 2013 | 40.95 | +0.67 pp |
| 2012 | 40.28 | −0.77 pp |
| 2011 | 41.05 | +0.87 pp |
| 2010 | 40.17 | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 40.07 | −0.61 pp |
| 2008 | 40.68 | −0.5 pp |
| 2007 | 41.17 | +0.66 pp |
| 2006 | 40.52 | +0.64 pp |
| 2005 | 39.87 | +0.44 pp |
| 2004 | 39.43 | −0.45 pp |
| 2003 | 39.88 | +1.12 pp |
| 2002 | 38.76 | +0.29 pp |
| 2001 | 38.47 | −0.17 pp |
| 2000 | 38.64 | +0.82 pp |
| 1999 | 37.82 | −0.18 pp |
| 1998 | 38 | −0.26 pp |
| 1997 | 38.26 | +0.04 pp |
| 1996 | 38.22 | +0.6 pp |
| 1995 | 37.62 | −0.19 pp |
| 1994 | 37.81 | +0.15 pp |
| 1993 | 37.65 | −0.09 pp |
| 1992 | 37.75 | +0.33 pp |
| 1991 | 37.41 | +0.03 pp |
| 1990 | 37.38 | — |
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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