Data for 2002

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002
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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, 2002 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 97.735; 119 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2001, 51 values changed (28 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2002

HighestMongolia

97.735

Lowest119 countries share it

0.000

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

170countries
3measures per country
2002the year it describes
52distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.735	100.00	3.09
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.391	100.00	1.15
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.298	98.06	142.49
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	84.072	87.52	6.09
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.544	80.86	1,654.00
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	77.143	99.93	45.50
Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.684	100.00	0.19
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.870	70.13	33.24
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	65.671	71.41	76.00
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	64.786	93.29	53.36
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63.891	100.00	34.23
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.478	55.59	8.58
United States`USA`Northern America	50.287	70.96	3,844.23
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	46.701	82.63	39.10
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.827	46.91	42.08
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37.321	60.38	54.42
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	36.301	38.77	14.60
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.838	59.91	239.91
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.392	78.64	45.55
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.285	64.36	48.46
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	27.500	94.44	24.80
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.462	91.66	94.64
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.020	72.45	1.96
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.027	73.56	128.46
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	24.841	60.78	36.15
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.965	43.77	74.92
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.627	53.90	12.69
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.004	27.38	32.18
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.000	81.14	1.75
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.315	60.36	6.66
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.773	82.59	277.53
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.623	58.38	5.07
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.392	40.08	80.94
Chile`CHL`South America	11.625	44.77	43.44
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.902	30.89	60.63
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.634	21.13	0.71
Colombia`COL`South America	4.854	23.66	44.71
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.391	17.72	12.98
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.292	9.40	551.24
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.275	99.53	23.16
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.245	92.52	13.90
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.089	87.81	49.40
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.730	30.37	40.21
Peru`PER`South America	3.547	17.10	21.99
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.460	4.50	2.89
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.778	4.17	0.72
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.616	5.07	146.70
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.699	0.70	1.43
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.304	68.13	75.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.245	0.74	8.16
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.031	0.42	130.24
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	6.20	3.71
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	99.78	27.65
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	35.23	1.76
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.19
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	29.76	5.31
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.82
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	89.29	18.68
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	1.89
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	15.26
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.000	94.46	18.95
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.86
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.000	99.89	26.46
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	35.71	0.14
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.06
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	2.18
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	46.39	4.16
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.14
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.00	2.71
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	83.33	0.36
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.13
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	94.74	0.19
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	92.98	0.57
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	3.67	3.27
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.48
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	27.27	0.11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.00	0.10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	1.62	7.42
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	67.68	5.29
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	93.37	15.69
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	3.79
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	57.14	0.07
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.17	6.06
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	36.92	11.81
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	85.71	0.07
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.26
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000	99.65	8.53
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	58.33	0.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	30.12	0.83
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	71.74	0.46
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	37.42	1.47
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.15
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	6.82	7.19
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	31.22	7.27
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	41.94	0.31
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.15
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	1.72
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	41.58	1.01
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	98.91	0.92
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	52.73	0.55
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	59.28	4.15
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.12	8.35
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	98.46	33.86
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	97.85	6.96
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	99.38	8.12
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	23.30	5.15
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	36.37
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	10.08	3.57
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	37.53	3.97
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	94.20	11.55
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.31
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	100.00	17.53
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	16.19	17.29
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	94.64	2.80
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	95.88	1.70
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	36.05	0.86
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	9.38	1.28
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	0.19
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	73.87	1.11
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.00	2.05
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	94.34	0.53
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	93.79	5.64
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.24	12.58
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	2.10
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	74.90	2.55
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	61.76	21.55
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	10.33
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	0.15
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	35.35	5.29
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	67.94	2.87
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.00	48.21
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	10.94
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.39
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	41.18	0.17
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	80.00	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	45.46	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	75.00	0.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	87.50	2.08
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.23
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	87.50	0.16
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	97.78	34.66
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.27
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	53.67	3.00
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	39.84	1.23
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	91.17	28.07
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	0.92	15.30
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	43.75	0.16
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	99.47	5.64
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.000	99.24	11.84
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	100.00	10.70
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.10
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.58	1.72
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	1.04
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	0.31	9.60
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	35.19	91.85
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	3.77

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

Mongolia97.735
Botswana97.391
Poland93.298
North Macedonia84.072
China77.544

Lowest

Yemenshared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest46 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 79.32
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,844.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.74

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

+0 / −0countries joined / left
51values changed, of 170 in both
28 · 23rose · fell
119unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar0.000 → 12.623+12.623
Portugal29.548 → 33.392+3.844
Croatia12.863 → 16.627+3.764
Spain30.150 → 33.838+3.688
New Caledonia12.791 → 16.000+3.209

Fell most

Zimbabwe62.152 → 55.478−6.674
Philippines39.936 → 33.285−6.651
Türkiye31.430 → 25.027−6.403
Czechia70.857 → 65.671−5.186
Bulgaria44.890 → 40.827−4.063

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

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52 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 119 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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