Data for 2001

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2001

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2001
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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, 2001 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 98.23; 121 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2000, 50 values changed (32 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2001

HighestBotswana

98.23

Lowest121 countries share it

0.00

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

170countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
50distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2001: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.23	100.000	1.13
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.98	100.000	2.97
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.91	98.066	143.72
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	87.44	90.110	6.37
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.25	79.862	1,480.80
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	74.93	99.954	43.95
Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.22	100.000	0.18
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.86	76.664	74.22
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.43	94.404	52.54
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.12	69.635	32.57
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.15	62.532	7.90
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.28	100.000	32.36
United States`USA`Northern America	51.08	71.861	3,727.57
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47.47	84.417	37.54
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.89	51.197	43.44
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.94	62.721	47.05
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	36.79	61.961	53.55
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.98	36.948	14.48
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.43	80.088	122.24
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30.15	51.512	233.07
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.55	65.827	46.06
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	28.71	95.771	24.59
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.65	92.088	92.14
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.48	71.354	1.92
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	24.27	60.489	36.42
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.29	30.295	31.82
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.25	40.484	74.45
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.67	56.315	6.73
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12.86	43.686	12.75
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.79	78.488	1.72
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.64	39.680	78.63
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.67	80.011	271.90
Chile`CHL`South America	11.44	45.959	42.32
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.30	30.731	60.98
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.80	27.536	0.69
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.54	16.880	14.81
Colombia`COL`South America	5.17	25.846	43.14
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.09	90.909	47.96
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.90	36.354	39.28
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.77	8.373	542.60
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.18	5.300	2.83
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.75	99.417	22.31
Peru`PER`South America	1.49	14.444	20.77
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.43	1.429	0.70
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.16	3.818	161.60
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.09	93.302	12.84
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.39	70.989	72.11
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.13	0.630	7.94
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	0.478	121.32
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	4.607	3.69
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.737	26.62
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	37.805	1.64
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	48.606	5.74
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.81
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	93.196	18.96
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.77
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	14.62
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.00	94.361	17.38
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.83
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.00	99.880	25.07
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	30.769	0.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.06
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	1.92
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	45.455	3.96
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.12
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	2.58
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	86.111	0.36
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.11
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	94.118	0.17
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.00	94.231	0.52
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	1.994	3.51
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.47
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	27.273	0.11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.10
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	1.449	6.90
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	63.525	4.88
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	93.464	15.30
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	3.55
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.19
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	62.500	0.08
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.169	5.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	36.248	10.98
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	83.333	0.06
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.23
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	99.764	8.49
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	66.667	0.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	25.316	0.79
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	76.190	0.42
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	37.143	1.40
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.15
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	20.203	6.88
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	16.133	7.81
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	42.857	0.28
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.14
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.95
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	42.708	0.96
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.913	0.92
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	52.542	0.59
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	50.384	3.91
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	7.96
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	98.078	32.25
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	96.613	6.79
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.469	7.54
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	40.541	4.81
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	34.30
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	10.082	3.67
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	33.724	4.27
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	96.683	9.95
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.28
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	100.000	16.11
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	18.593	14.36
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	80.460	0.87
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	96.178	1.57
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	38.636	0.88
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	9.016	1.22
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.16
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	73.832	1.07
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	1.94
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	93.617	0.47
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.846	5.85
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.340	11.76
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	61.456	4.67
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	1.21
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	1.081	1.85
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	80.162	2.47
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	61.732	15.47
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	9.74
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	50.781	5.12
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	65.672	2.68
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	45.32
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	9.95
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.33
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	40.000	0.15
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.16
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	80.000	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.10
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.02
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	96.648	1.79
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	92.308	0.13
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	97.913	33.06
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.26
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	49.254	2.68
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	29.808	1.04
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	87.135	26.74
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	1.251	14.39
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	61.538	0.13
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.468	5.64
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	99.385	11.38
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	10.61
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	0.216	9.25
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	32.926	90.11
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	3.64

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana98.23
Mongolia97.98
Poland93.91
North Macedonia87.44
China76.25

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: 80.006
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,727.57
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.66

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

+0 / −0countries joined / left
50values changed, of 170 in both
32 · 18rose · fell
120unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia76.51 → 87.44+10.94
Zimbabwe53.36 → 62.15+8.79
Israel68.50 → 74.93+6.43
Afghanistan0.00 → 5.80+5.80
Niger66.67 → 72.22+5.55

Fell most

Chile20.60 → 11.44−9.16
Spain35.80 → 30.15−5.65
Portugal33.79 → 29.55−4.24
Hungary27.25 → 24.27−2.98
Belgium15.61 → 12.64−2.97

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 121 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2001). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2001

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