Data for 2010

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2010

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2010
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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, 2010 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 100.00; 118 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2009, 53 values changed (19 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2010

HighestBotswana

100.00

Lowest118 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.53
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	94.68	98.84	4.32
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87.08	93.06	156.77
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.30	79.65	4,196.37
Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.97	100.00	0.29
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	66.86	68.23	37.42
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	65.29	66.53	7.26
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.23	99.90	38.23
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.48	99.71	58.55
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.03	60.21	85.22
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.41	81.40	56.61
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.23	54.26	45.93
United States`USA`Northern America	44.90	70.07	4,113.94
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	43.90	67.92	38.75
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.28	43.70	23.57
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.66	75.84	2.69
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.40	73.70	67.73
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.23	47.17	60.42
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	32.53	35.98	16.26
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.83	32.06	8.64
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	31.59	31.59	4.02
Chile`CHL`South America	28.00	59.80	60.25
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.07	73.62	211.18
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.47	85.38	2.12
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	19.13	87.16	118.10
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.03	41.74	80.64
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	16.68	49.73	37.36
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.09	37.12	14.79
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.72	99.31	23.25
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.39	74.05	296.63
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.28	46.99	53.48
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.24	36.31	8.84
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.96	25.27	27.46
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.61	86.61	28.16
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.52	89.24	14.78
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.51	46.35	297.80
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.43	28.19	8.62
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.25	33.66	67.82
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.82	14.77	0.88
Colombia`COL`South America	6.71	29.49	60.23
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.00	8.26	11.99
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.51	41.41	93.04
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.15	10.16	562.36
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.08	84.24	51.97
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.82	3.82	1.31
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.21	26.88	44.31
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.09	95.88	0.97
Peru`PER`South America	2.37	42.30	35.89
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.88	97.97	40.86
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.35	2.70	0.74
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.69	5.75	148.45
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.10	62.58	94.54
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.09	99.60	34.90
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	4.21	123.14
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	7.57
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.63	45.73
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	32.05	5.46
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.33
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	22.97	6.27
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	88.30	0.94
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	81.74	18.67
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	2.01
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	23.82
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.03
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	11.91	0.42
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.11
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	7.26
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	66.32	6.65
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.00	3.79
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	77.59	0.58
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	12.50	0.16
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.34
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	26.96	5.86
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	18.75	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.00	0.19
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	6.73	9.51
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	71.93	5.95
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	96.72	17.40
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	98.50	5.33
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.38
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	85.71	0.14
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	1.15	7.83
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	55.87	19.42
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	86.36	0.22
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.31
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	91.90	12.97
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	71.43	0.28
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	47.73	0.88
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	65.82	0.79
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	52.85	1.93
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	6.83	9.95
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	31.32	10.12
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	29.27	0.41
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.87
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	23.81	0.63
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	95.56	0.90
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	75.00	0.68
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	51.39	7.20
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.00	16.74
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	90.25	48.91
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	92.36	4.32
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.53	14.78
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	25.56	7.16
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	57.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	8.36
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	45.10	6.63
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	94.72	15.71
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.69
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.97	32.56
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	81.80	5.00
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	91.67	3.24
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	81.48	1.08
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	45.39	1.30
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	6.25	1.92
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.35
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	50.85	2.36
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.00	2.11
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	85.88	0.85
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.45	6.11
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.12	16.67
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	3.18
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	63.29	3.65
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	75.58	26.13
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	19.81
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.47
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	42.95	7.38
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	64.39	3.51
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.00	54.06
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	28.14
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	43.21	0.81
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	60.71	0.28
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	58.33	0.12
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	100.00	0.05
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	90.09	3.23
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.38
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	14.29	0.14
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	97.40	45.36
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.33
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	17.15	7.58
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	38.78	1.96
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	94.36	46.44
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.24	16.44
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	47.84	5.33
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	59.09	0.22
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	8.48
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	98.80	15.89
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.00	16.66
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	40.51	2.74
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.96
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	10.80	10.74
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	32.51	113.76
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	7.76
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.10	10.45

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana100.00
Mongolia94.68
Poland87.08
China77.30
Niger68.97

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)
Highest44 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.29
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.03

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

+0 / −0countries joined / left
53values changed, of 172 in both
19 · 34rose · fell
119unchanged

Rose most

New Caledonia10.83 → 25.47+14.65
Zimbabwe24.01 → 31.83+7.82
Philippines26.62 → 34.40+7.79
Montenegro25.00 → 31.59+6.59
Guatemala8.19 → 13.24+5.04

Fell most

Portugal26.12 → 13.28−12.85
North Macedonia77.71 → 65.29−12.42
Hong Kong70.95 → 62.23−8.72
Denmark48.80 → 43.90−4.90
Serbia71.20 → 66.86−4.34

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

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 118 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2010). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2010

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