Data for 2006

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2006

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2006
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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, 2006 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 98.99; 119 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2005, 54 values changed (27 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2006

HighestBotswana

98.99

Lowest119 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2006the year it describes
54distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.99	100.000	0.99
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.17	100.000	3.53
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.48	97.330	160.70
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	80.34	82.498	2,865.73
Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.27	100.000	0.22
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	72.90	76.462	7.01
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	70.63	99.960	50.56
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	69.75	71.146	35.87
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	68.97	100.000	38.54
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.35	64.655	83.66
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.30	87.090	59.41
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.07	79.776	45.44
United States`USA`Northern America	49.19	71.129	4,046.94
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.01	47.799	45.44
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.15	44.016	22.31
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	40.68	40.678	2.95
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40.20	61.653	62.56
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	35.94	38.782	15.11
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	33.90	77.542	2.36
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.70	32.206	7.98
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	30.91	67.521	48.40
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.93	63.966	56.78
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.47	74.740	176.25
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.34	88.177	97.52
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.58	62.015	295.59
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.70	90.775	27.10
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.84	44.866	82.29
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.53	58.298	35.85
Chile`CHL`South America	19.26	44.985	55.04
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.43	48.490	12.91
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.99	26.976	31.25
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.67	28.889	0.90
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.47	83.430	305.61
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.34	99.439	24.97
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.98	46.506	7.87
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.89	86.464	14.11
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.78	46.117	6.18
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.85	34.641	62.21
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.36	35.223	43.04
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.31	15.120	14.55
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.63	83.422	1.87
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.22	40.473	83.34
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.59	6.211	1.61
Colombia`COL`South America	5.32	19.554	53.34
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.10	90.572	49.32
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.04	9.907	567.30
Peru`PER`South America	3.00	26.718	27.36
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.45	2.899	0.69
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.93	95.391	30.16
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.61	3.657	143.28
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.57	57.265	3.51
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.14	64.272	99.53
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	0.676	121.22
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	1.786	5.04
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.376	35.23
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	14.765	2.98
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.26
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	25.919	5.71
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.91
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	89.841	24.51
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	2.12
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	21.04
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.02
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.00	99.874	31.81
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	14.286	0.21
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.15
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	4.47
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	56.400	5.00
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	3.30
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	85.455	0.55
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.09
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	96.000	0.25
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.00	95.370	1.08
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	11.265	5.06
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.56
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	17.647	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	6.148	8.62
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	71.631	5.64
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	96.964	16.47
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	4.65
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.31
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	75.000	0.12
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.667	7.50
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	49.716	14.08
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	90.909	0.11
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.27
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	98.664	9.73
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	56.000	0.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	47.778	0.90
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	62.264	0.53
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	42.771	1.66
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.22
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	29.585	7.47
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	33.611	8.39
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	42.857	0.35
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.89
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	36.986	0.73
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.485	0.66
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	52.632	0.57
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	63.255	5.96
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	9.85
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	81.969	33.83
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	96.267	7.50
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.460	11.12
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	37.150	7.51
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	47.60
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.60
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	42.945	4.89
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	93.910	11.33
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	100.000	24.75
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	24.772	12.07
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	92.938	3.54
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	89.820	1.67
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	40.187	1.07
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.828	1.57
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.31
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	66.242	1.57
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	2.26
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	91.935	0.62
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.914	6.08
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.137	14.59
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.368	2.72
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	69.968	3.13
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	72.881	23.12
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	13.29
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.35
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	39.799	5.98
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	66.176	3.40
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	53.77
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	17.08
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	17.778	0.45
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	51.852	0.27
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.19
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.33
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	84.615	0.13
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	58.333	0.12
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	80.000	0.05
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	89.394	2.64
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.32
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.05
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	97.594	39.49
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.07
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.30
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	67.742	4.65
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	45.223	1.57
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	89.408	37.48
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	1.359	16.93
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	59.091	0.22
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.582	7.17
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	99.005	13.07
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	13.65
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.16
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	23.750	1.60
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.97
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	35.368	5.57
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	26.100	110.42
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	5.39
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.103	9.68

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana98.99
Mongolia97.17
Poland91.48
China80.34
Niger77.27

Lowest

Zambiashared0.00
Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States 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
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 77.002
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,046.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.95

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

+0 / −0countries joined / left
54values changed, of 172 in both
27 · 27rose · fell
118unchanged

Rose most

Denmark42.85 → 54.07+11.22
Finland9.21 → 19.84+10.63
Afghanistan7.32 → 16.67+9.35
Niger69.57 → 77.27+7.71
Mauritius26.99 → 33.90+6.91

Fell most

Zimbabwe47.33 → 31.70−15.63
Greece60.51 → 54.30−6.21
North Macedonia78.39 → 72.90−5.49
Spain27.31 → 22.58−4.73
Israel74.39 → 70.63−3.76

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

04Caveats

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54 distinct values among 172
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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Ember (2006). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2006

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