Data for 2004

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2004

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2004
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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, 2004 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 97.26; 119 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2003, 51 values changed (17 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2004

HighestMongolia

97.26

Lowest119 countries share it

0.00

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

171countries
3measures per country
2004the year it describes
52distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.26	100.000	3.28
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	94.85	100.000	0.97
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.51	97.902	152.54
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.17	81.487	2,203.31
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.48	77.778	6.66
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	77.18	99.915	47.28
Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.00	100.000	0.20
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	69.21	71.444	37.19
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	69.07	100.000	37.05
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.77	89.849	58.22
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.04	65.306	83.79
United States`USA`Northern America	50.06	71.314	3,951.95
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	46.40	76.317	40.24
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.70	51.741	41.36
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	43.21	43.416	9.72
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	38.79	43.367	21.86
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.04	60.935	56.47
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.99	36.673	15.27
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.26	72.449	44.68
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.94	66.267	55.94
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28.60	58.881	276.61
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	25.00	90.864	99.82
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	24.72	94.405	25.20
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	24.27	61.881	33.71
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.01	69.075	149.75
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.76	72.685	2.16
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.22	43.674	85.84
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.65	30.532	30.46
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.45	49.065	6.42
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.50	81.659	293.71
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	15.43	44.989	13.87
Chile`CHL`South America	15.14	53.333	51.00
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.92	99.420	24.15
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.79	35.942	61.85
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.04	41.129	82.91
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.98	85.524	12.02
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.78	80.240	1.67
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.77	27.608	42.27
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.60	29.114	0.79
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.31	57.041	5.61
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.30	9.825	566.30
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.09	87.726	49.70
Peru`PER`South America	3.79	27.134	24.25
Colombia`COL`South America	3.77	18.488	49.33
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.71	13.676	16.16
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.45	5.172	0.58
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.45	21.073	2.61
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.73	0.725	1.38
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.67	3.886	151.56
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.20	66.496	85.96
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.12	0.588	8.51
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.04	0.645	110.10
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	2.523	5.55
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.200	31.25
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	21.875	2.24
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.22
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	27.807	5.79
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.87
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	87.431	21.72
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.98
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	16.15
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.00	95.185	25.13
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.89
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.00	99.904	31.20
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	57.143	0.14
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	2.33
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	51.656	4.53
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.15
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	3.26
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	78.723	0.47
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.09
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	95.455	0.22
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.00	95.946	0.74
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	4.668	4.07
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.45
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	20.000	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.04
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.877	7.98
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	66.545	5.50
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	94.373	15.64
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	4.20
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.22
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	72.727	0.11
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.142	7.02
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	42.656	12.80
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	88.889	0.09
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.28
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	99.418	10.31
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	60.000	0.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	43.182	0.88
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	66.667	0.54
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	41.830	1.53
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.19
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	12.682	6.86
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	12.667	6.00
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	42.424	0.33
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.14
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.88
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	38.889	0.90
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.837	0.86
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	52.727	0.55
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	65.891	5.16
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	8.54
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	98.483	32.29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	96.828	7.25
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.330	8.96
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	29.545	6.16
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	41.26
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.00
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	31.770	4.69
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	90.297	11.44
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.30
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	100.000	20.20
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	17.173	18.75
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	94.362	3.37
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	92.386	1.97
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	39.048	1.05
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	9.524	1.47
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.24
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	76.190	1.26
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	2.22
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	92.593	0.54
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.966	5.80
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.431	11.60
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.418	2.39
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	71.886	2.81
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	66.571	24.29
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	11.50
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.40
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	34.028	5.76
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	73.219	3.51
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	51.93
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	13.23
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	17.500	0.40
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	42.857	0.14
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.31
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	75.000	0.12
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	54.545	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	75.000	0.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	86.192	2.39
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.23
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	83.333	0.12
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	97.393	36.82
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.28
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	65.556	3.60
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	46.853	1.43
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	86.913	32.17
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.910	16.49
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	57.895	0.19
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.689	6.43
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	98.407	11.93
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	11.92
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.12
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	1.94
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.05
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	18.305	5.90
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	28.899	98.55
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	4.36

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

Mongolia97.26
Botswana94.85
Poland92.51
China78.17
North Macedonia77.48

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)
Highest46 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.000
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,951.95
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.36

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

+0 / −0countries joined / left
51values changed, of 171 in both
17 · 34rose · fell
120unchanged

Rose most

Chile10.47 → 15.14+4.67
Zimbabwe39.14 → 43.21+4.08
Guatemala14.04 → 17.45+3.41
Italy13.56 → 15.50+1.94
Portugal31.32 → 33.26+1.94

Fell most

Hong Kong77.84 → 69.07−8.77
Denmark55.06 → 46.40−8.66
Romania42.56 → 38.04−4.52
Myanmar11.62 → 7.31−4.32
Finland22.84 → 19.22−3.62

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

04Caveats

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52 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 119 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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