Data for 2007

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2007

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2007
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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, 2007 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 98.795; 118 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2006, 54 values changed (26 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2007

HighestBotswana

98.795

Lowest118 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
3measures per country
2007the year it describes
55distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.795	100.00	0.83
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.687	100.00	3.71
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.847	96.58	158.52
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	80.959	82.85	3,281.55
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.077	84.46	6.50
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	73.354	100.00	38.88
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.087	73.70	35.97
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	69.307	99.96	53.79
Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.182	100.00	0.22
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.285	66.29	87.77
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.577	92.64	62.40
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.242	59.09	42.82
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	50.818	73.68	39.14
United States`USA`Northern America	48.677	72.14	4,142.57
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40.773	61.47	61.56
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.244	77.64	2.46
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	40.187	40.19	2.14
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	36.436	39.63	15.04
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	34.970	38.52	21.39
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.246	68.40	59.62
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.026	28.42	7.60
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.898	80.96	191.52
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.547	65.30	46.71
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	24.117	62.43	301.86
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.035	88.63	103.68
Chile`CHL`South America	22.752	56.06	58.28
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.298	62.20	12.54
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.182	89.99	28.36
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.443	58.56	39.96
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	17.235	27.25	27.85
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.112	41.19	81.17
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.851	25.74	1.01
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.587	99.35	24.68
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.407	84.41	306.17
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.207	87.23	14.57
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13.438	43.44	6.40
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.959	49.08	8.72
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.884	14.22	14.70
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.505	31.29	62.83
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8.808	77.72	1.93
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.453	40.42	86.81
Colombia`COL`South America	6.187	18.62	54.79
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.878	34.51	43.38
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.352	10.29	561.84
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.080	90.47	49.02
Peru`PER`South America	2.840	33.28	29.93
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.388	97.55	30.99
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.911	1.91	1.57
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.408	2.82	0.71
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.943	39.15	4.24
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.437	2.97	148.82
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.146	66.44	96.15
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.031	99.84	31.83
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.029	0.86	136.11
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	2.47	2.83
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	99.41	37.19
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	23.15	3.24
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.29
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	26.28	5.67
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.94
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	89.28	21.82
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	2.25
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	21.72
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	1.05
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	18.18	0.22
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.22
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	6.49
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	56.80	5.44
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.00	3.39
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	81.97	0.61
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.12
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	96.30	0.27
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	96.27	1.34
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	25.34	5.21
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.60
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	12.50	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.00	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	8.02	8.98
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	66.19	5.62
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	96.99	17.61
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	4.87
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.32
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	83.33	0.12
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	1.15	7.83
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	48.00	17.25
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	92.31	0.13
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.29
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000	98.85	12.18
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	55.56	0.27
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	31.46	0.89
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	60.00	0.55
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	53.76	1.73
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.23
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	20.59	8.50
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	46.84	6.96
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	44.44	0.36
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	1.88
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	32.05	0.78
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	98.57	0.70
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	67.39	0.46
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	62.48	6.29
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	11.89
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	82.73	33.24
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	95.05	6.06
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	99.45	12.83
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	25.94	6.67
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	48.75
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.37
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	40.76	4.76
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	94.51	10.57
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.55
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.25
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	100.00	26.23
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	22.66	13.46
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	91.85	3.19
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	88.82	1.52
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	35.71	1.12
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	9.49	1.58
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	0.35
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	67.09	1.58
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.00	2.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	92.19	0.64
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	94.04	5.87
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.06	15.91
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.36	2.77
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	71.25	3.20
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	72.86	22.99
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	14.17
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	0.42
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	42.26	6.46
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	62.69	3.35
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.00	53.71
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	19.46
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	17.50	0.40
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	52.00	0.25
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.21
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.35
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	85.71	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	58.33	0.12
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	80.00	0.05
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	92.14	2.80
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.34
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	66.67	0.06
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	97.59	41.13
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.31
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	69.19	5.16
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	42.67	1.50
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	90.92	38.67
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	2.17	17.49
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	47.37	0.19
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	99.74	7.68
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.000	99.35	13.74
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	100.00	14.88
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	27.00	2.00
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.98
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	13.01	9.38
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	27.27	114.21
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	6.03
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.10	9.64

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana98.795
Mongolia95.687
Poland90.847
China80.959
North Macedonia77.077

Lowest

Zambiashared0.000
Yemenshared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
United States 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: 77.68
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,142.57
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.19

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

+0 / −0countries joined / left
54values changed, of 172 in both
26 · 28rose · fell
118unchanged

Rose most

Bulgaria42.011 → 52.242+10.231
Mauritius33.898 → 40.244+6.346
Hong Kong68.967 → 73.354+4.387
North Macedonia72.896 → 77.077+4.181
Chile19.259 → 22.752+3.493

Fell most

Niger77.273 → 68.182−9.091
North Korea41.147 → 34.970−6.177
New Zealand11.362 → 5.878−5.484
Portugal30.909 → 26.547−4.362
Namibia5.590 → 1.911−3.679

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

04Caveats

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55 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 118 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2007). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2007

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