Data for 2008

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2008

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2008
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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, 2008 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 100.000; 117 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2007, 55 values changed (21 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2008

HighestBotswana

100.000

Lowest117 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
56distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.70
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.750	99.750	4.00
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.896	95.722	154.50
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.835	86.688	6.31
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.491	79.018	3,495.76
Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.273	100.000	0.22
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.461	74.036	36.82
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	68.231	100.000	37.93
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.247	99.930	56.79
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.561	63.653	83.28
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	53.651	90.753	62.18
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.102	57.968	44.49
United States`USA`Northern America	48.345	71.191	4,107.53
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47.862	72.314	36.48
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.583	45.583	2.83
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	44.141	76.562	2.56
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.809	56.136	64.86
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	36.210	39.592	23.06
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	32.480	35.527	16.41
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.097	82.649	198.37
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.896	66.097	60.82
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.702	67.711	45.34
Chile`CHL`South America	23.730	54.474	59.46
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.722	24.115	7.63
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.107	87.101	106.21
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.484	54.304	12.78
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	17.691	57.096	40.02
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.173	87.838	29.93
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.667	30.769	0.78
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.272	25.889	28.70
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.724	60.903	309.79
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.398	99.312	23.25
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.963	89.459	14.61
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.824	81.333	311.57
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.134	45.046	8.68
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.463	14.286	11.69
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.989	34.415	77.35
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.828	11.465	1.57
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.772	35.769	43.39
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.215	38.520	6.62
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.590	30.833	64.38
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.682	39.815	83.06
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	5.914	74.194	1.86
Colombia`COL`South America	5.263	16.114	55.48
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.082	91.059	50.22
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.067	9.736	566.98
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.214	97.195	34.23
Peru`PER`South America	2.714	39.870	32.43
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.449	2.899	0.69
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.351	96.622	1.48
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.449	39.101	4.45
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.340	3.069	149.90
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.118	66.885	93.01
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.029	99.800	35.05
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.028	0.595	141.19
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	3.76
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	99.304	40.23
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	22.222	4.05
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.30
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	31.356	5.90
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.91
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	89.778	21.62
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	2.25
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	22.82
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	1.05
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	4.762	0.21
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.23
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	6.89
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	60.304	5.92
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.18
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.000	3.42
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	78.689	0.61
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.11
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	96.552	0.29
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	24.291	5.64
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	12.500	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.14
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	7.234	9.40
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	65.458	5.79
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	96.041	17.68
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	99.803	5.07
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.34
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	84.615	0.13
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	1.332	7.51
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	39.427	18.49
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	75.000	0.20
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.28
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000	98.110	10.58
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	62.963	0.27
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	32.143	0.84
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	63.158	0.57
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	50.829	1.81
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.24
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	15.394	8.38
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	26.082	8.32
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	45.946	0.37
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.19
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	1.88
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	35.802	0.81
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	98.592	0.71
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	63.265	0.49
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	61.883	6.48
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	16.34
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	90.564	36.88
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	93.853	4.23
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	99.505	14.15
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	27.317	6.15
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	51.75
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.72
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	39.089	5.27
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	97.028	12.45
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.58
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.25
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	100.000	28.67
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	21.305	13.33
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	89.706	2.72
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	85.124	1.21
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	40.678	1.18
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	7.059	1.70
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	0.41
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	65.746	1.81
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.000	2.31
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	91.667	0.72
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	93.677	6.01
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.067	14.97
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.358	2.79
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	64.583	3.36
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	72.869	21.12
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	16.05
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	0.43
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	37.947	6.43
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	63.343	3.41
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	55.46
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	21.62
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	19.565	0.46
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	44.828	0.29
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.20
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.35
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	85.714	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	54.545	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	80.000	0.05
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	90.878	2.96
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.34
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	66.667	0.06
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	97.504	41.67
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.32
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	71.631	5.64
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	43.046	1.51
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	92.937	41.06
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	2.167	16.15
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	30.769	0.13
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	99.741	7.73
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.000	99.513	14.37
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	100.000	15.04
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.19
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	25.751	2.33
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.97
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	38.769	8.77
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	27.209	119.30
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	6.55
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.105	9.53

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana100.000
Mongolia95.750
Poland89.896
North Macedonia83.835
China77.491

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)
Highest44 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.597
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,107.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.46

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

+0 / −0countries joined / left
55values changed, of 172 in both
21 · 34rose · fell
117unchanged

Rose most

Niger68.182 → 77.273+9.091
Namibia1.911 → 10.828+8.917
North Macedonia77.077 → 83.835+6.758
Montenegro40.187 → 45.583+5.396
Mauritius40.244 → 44.141+3.897

Fell most

Spain24.117 → 15.724−8.393
Israel69.307 → 62.247−7.060
Finland17.112 → 10.989−6.123
Hong Kong73.354 → 68.231−5.123
Zimbabwe28.026 → 23.722−4.304

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

04Caveats

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56 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 117 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2008). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2008

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