Data for 2003

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003
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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, 2003 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 97.749; 119 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2002, 50 values changed (27 up, 23 down), 1 country joined.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2003

HighestMongolia

97.749

Lowest119 countries share it

0.000

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

171countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
53distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.749	100.000	3.11
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.115	100.000	1.04
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.767	98.500	150.01
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	79.556	82.695	1,910.57
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	79.346	79.643	6.73
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	77.844	100.000	35.43
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	76.722	99.915	47.04
Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.000	100.000	0.20
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.125	74.489	34.26
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	61.400	89.717	57.28
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.324	66.494	82.79
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	55.058	82.445	45.97
United States`USA`Northern America	51.015	71.235	3,868.94
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.506	52.058	42.28
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.560	66.867	54.84
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	39.703	44.444	20.88
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.135	39.249	8.79
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	36.949	40.058	13.83
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	31.321	61.845	46.39
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.044	54.283	257.30
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.221	66.585	52.94
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.831	91.641	95.47
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	26.868	66.774	34.13
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	24.970	95.369	24.83
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.923	72.727	2.09
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.112	74.516	139.54
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22.841	50.415	84.28
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.238	30.794	30.98
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18.237	58.511	13.16
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.559	39.210	57.97
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.038	51.230	6.91
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.557	83.631	286.27
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.207	99.582	23.92
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	11.624	61.624	5.42
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.535	41.869	83.57
Chile`CHL`South America	10.465	50.075	46.63
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.890	30.769	0.91
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.714	81.714	1.75
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.520	90.409	14.18
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.150	33.911	40.37
Colombia`COL`South America	6.082	21.385	46.20
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.697	10.121	559.13
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.083	83.238	48.74
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.821	13.342	15.44
Peru`PER`South America	3.358	18.317	22.93
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.125	4.688	0.64
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.583	4.059	2.71
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.105	6.825	135.39
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.699	0.699	1.43
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.244	63.511	82.08
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.240	0.721	8.32
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.037	0.600	106.67
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	2.103	5.23
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	99.121	29.57
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	37.688	1.99
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.21
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	28.679	5.30
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.84
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	88.523	21.26
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	2.00
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	15.70
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.000	94.420	20.07
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.87
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.000	99.887	26.63
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	62.500	0.16
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.08
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	2.50
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	53.349	4.33
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.14
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.000	3.20
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	77.778	0.45
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.10
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.19
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	93.750	0.64
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	4.384	3.65
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.51
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	27.273	0.11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.11
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.04
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	2.192	7.30
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	64.370	5.08
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	94.624	15.81
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	4.05
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	62.500	0.08
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.164	6.11
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	38.066	11.48
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	85.714	0.07
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.28
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000	99.508	10.16
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	66.667	0.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	45.977	0.87
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	68.085	0.47
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	41.176	1.53
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.17
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	9.014	7.10
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	34.354	5.88
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	41.935	0.31
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.16
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	1.78
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	53.488	0.86
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	98.780	0.82
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	52.830	0.53
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	58.974	4.68
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.118	8.44
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	98.482	28.33
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	97.493	7.18
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	99.377	8.03
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	18.066	5.48
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	39.80
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	10.159	3.15
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	41.058	3.97
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	89.559	12.93
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.32
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	100.000	18.95
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	15.994	18.82
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	94.982	2.79
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	91.667	1.80
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	36.458	0.96
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	7.634	1.31
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	0.22
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	74.775	1.11
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.000	2.24
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	92.000	0.50
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	93.761	5.77
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.278	10.79
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	2.26
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	72.593	2.70
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	63.069	20.20
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	10.71
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	0.34
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	49.013	5.57
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	69.876	3.22
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	51.77
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	12.01
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	15.000	0.40
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	33.333	0.18
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	81.818	0.11
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	50.000	0.10
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	75.000	0.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	83.691	2.33
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.23
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	86.667	0.15
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	97.197	35.32
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.28
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	63.112	3.47
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	42.308	1.30
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	90.822	30.40
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	1.030	16.51
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	33.333	0.18
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	99.845	6.44
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.000	98.316	11.28
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	100.000	10.80
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.11
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.556	1.80
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	1.04
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	0.117	8.58
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	34.171	91.95
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	4.10

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

Mongolia97.749
Botswana97.115
Poland93.767
China79.556
North Macedonia79.346

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)
Highest47 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 75.000
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,868.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.05

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+1 / −0countries joined / left
50values changed, of 170 in both
27 · 23rose · fell
120unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong63.891 → 77.844+13.953
Denmark46.701 → 55.058+8.357
Puerto Rico4.275 → 12.207+7.932
Finland16.965 → 22.841+5.876
Dominican Republic4.245 → 9.520+5.275

Fell most

Zimbabwe55.478 → 39.135−16.343
New Caledonia16.000 → 9.714−6.286
Philippines33.285 → 28.221−5.064
Spain33.838 → 29.044−4.794
North Macedonia84.072 → 79.346−4.726

+ North Korea

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. 119 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2003). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2003

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