Data for 2000

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2000

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2000
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This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from coal. Coal is the most carbon- and pollution-intensive way to make electricity, so this share is the plainest measure of how far a power system still depends on it.

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 98.28; 122 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2000

HighestMongolia

98.28

Lowest122 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

170countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
49distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2000: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.28	100.000	2.90
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.37	100.000	1.14
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	94.91	98.373	143.18
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.21	82.126	1,355.60
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	76.51	82.819	6.81
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	72.36	78.230	72.90
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.50	99.930	42.66
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.07	69.264	31.95
Niger`NER`Western Africa	66.67	100.000	0.21
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	64.81	92.180	52.94
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.37	100.000	31.26
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.36	54.363	6.99
United States`USA`Northern America	51.72	70.942	3,802.10
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	46.50	84.463	35.85
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.73	48.731	40.59
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.78	57.108	45.30
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	36.70	60.745	51.56
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35.80	56.228	220.92
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.87	36.370	13.61
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.79	70.215	43.21
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.70	74.948	124.38
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	28.86	94.964	23.63
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.57	92.164	88.06
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27.25	59.022	35.19
Chile`CHL`South America	20.60	50.170	41.12
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.34	70.621	1.77
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.13	31.449	30.78
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.61	40.560	82.79
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.83	42.462	11.21
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.13	34.458	69.97
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.37	72.561	1.64
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.74	81.155	269.94
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.59	27.163	59.64
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8.36	49.845	6.46
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.24	14.511	15.85
France`FRA`Western Europe	5.07	9.308	532.56
Colombia`COL`South America	4.86	24.644	42.81
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.08	92.467	46.86
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.80	13.600	2.50
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.57	28.245	38.91
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.88	99.314	21.85
Peru`PER`South America	1.76	18.022	19.92
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.52	1.515	0.66
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.13	3.284	145.23
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.69	2.778	1.44
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.36	73.575	66.49
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.13	0.519	7.71
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	0.288	142.52
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	35.417	0.48
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	3.805	4.73
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.803	25.40
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	36.806	1.44
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.15
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	46.540	5.78
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.78
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	91.863	18.68
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.70
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	13.86
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.00	94.103	15.94
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.79
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.00	99.885	26.10
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	30.769	0.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	1.79
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	48.454	3.88
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.11
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	2.54
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	74.359	0.39
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.10
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	93.333	0.15
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.00	93.750	0.48
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	1.159	3.45
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.44
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	20.000	0.10
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.09
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.875	6.86
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	63.542	4.80
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	93.147	15.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	3.37
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	62.500	0.08
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.00	93.005	13.01
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	5.94
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	28.490	10.53
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	80.000	0.05
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.21
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	99.882	8.51
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	63.636	0.22
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	28.000	0.75
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	70.732	0.41
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	38.168	1.31
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.13
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	21.196	7.36
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	8.647	7.17
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	41.379	0.29
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.13
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.94
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	49.383	0.81
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.889	0.90
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	48.148	0.54
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	38.187	3.64
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	7.61
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	98.088	31.90
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	95.421	6.77
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.457	7.37
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	59.629	4.31
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.01
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	32.33
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	10.137	3.65
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	31.884	4.14
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	95.578	9.95
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.29
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	100.000	15.50
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	21.294	11.13
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	60.000	0.40
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	1.57
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	36.047	0.86
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	9.917	1.21
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.15
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	73.585	1.06
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	1.92
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	92.857	0.42
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	92.844	5.45
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.104	9.57
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	63.333	5.10
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	1.818	1.65
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	78.509	2.28
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	61.737	14.74
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	9.11
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	29.652	4.89
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	57.604	2.17
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	53.49
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	9.13
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.29
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	37.500	0.16
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.15
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.28
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	70.000	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.08
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	66.667	0.03
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	96.644	1.49
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	88.889	0.09
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	98.453	31.67
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.25
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	50.000	2.54
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	26.042	0.96
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	87.089	25.25
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	1.545	14.24
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	44.444	0.18
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.634	5.46
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	99.245	10.59
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	9.85
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.08
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.629	1.59
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.03
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	6.588	7.59
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	26.246	85.27
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	3.41

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Mongolia98.28
Botswana97.37
Poland94.91
China78.21
North Macedonia76.51

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
British Virgin Islandsshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest47 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 73.972
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.55

03Caveats

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49 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 122 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2000). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2000

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