Data for 2011

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2011

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2011
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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, 2011 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 93.39; 115 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2010, 56 values changed (34 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2011

HighestMongolia

93.39

Lowest115 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
58distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	93.39	98.678	4.54
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	91.67	100.000	0.48
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	85.81	91.938	162.87
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.74	81.449	4,702.12
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	76.48	78.846	6.76
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.51	77.196	38.02
Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.53	100.000	0.34
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	71.29	99.897	38.97
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.98	99.497	59.60
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.10	59.568	49.96
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.72	54.717	2.65
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.88	59.003	86.64
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	53.16	86.056	58.45
United States`USA`Northern America	42.39	68.208	4,088.87
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.88	42.312	9.17
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.66	80.220	2.73
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40.10	54.579	61.80
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	39.82	59.641	35.11
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.65	71.338	69.15
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	34.40	37.374	20.87
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.35	36.558	15.92
Chile`CHL`South America	29.89	60.472	65.65
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.87	74.676	229.39
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.66	81.416	2.26
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	22.97	52.983	11.23
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.02	53.438	51.78
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.99	85.387	112.64
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	17.99	48.917	36.02
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.77	99.326	22.26
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.09	50.178	291.54
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.99	72.199	298.37
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.49	79.779	27.20
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.58	37.329	8.76
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.31	35.551	73.50
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.99	22.078	0.77
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.69	89.213	15.76
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.55	27.829	28.28
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.73	34.228	62.20
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.19	27.900	10.43
Panama`PAN`Central America	5.75	47.315	7.82
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.90	94.118	1.02
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.76	52.381	1.47
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.20	6.729	15.01
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.07	89.205	52.80
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.90	36.615	89.28
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.67	24.008	43.86
Colombia`COL`South America	3.65	18.250	61.70
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.06	10.438	567.66
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.07	2.759	1.45
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.88	97.784	44.22
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.72	3.448	0.58
Peru`PER`South America	1.58	43.232	39.23
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.34	53.949	7.47
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.44	3.806	150.28
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.11	64.653	94.83
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.06	99.565	32.19
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	3.192	125.93
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	1.432	4.19
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.024	51.22
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	28.975	5.66
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.33
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	33.148	7.21
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	88.172	0.93
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	86.926	20.27
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	2.05
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	24.34
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.04
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	6.061	0.33
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.10
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	6.97
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	66.008	7.09
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.19
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	3.73
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	83.333	0.54
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	6.667	0.15
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	91.892	0.37
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	25.000	5.88
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.63
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	16.667	0.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	8.821	9.75
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	70.066	6.08
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	96.789	17.75
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	96.545	4.92
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.39
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	73.333	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	1.151	7.82
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	46.011	20.43
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	90.000	0.30
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.32
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	90.846	12.89
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	62.963	0.27
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	42.353	0.85
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	68.919	0.74
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	58.621	2.03
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	22.056	10.02
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	33.599	11.31
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	24.444	0.45
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.84
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	25.455	0.55
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	94.737	0.95
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	87.879	0.99
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	16.85
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	93.692	53.90
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	91.284	4.36
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.590	14.64
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	30.779	7.83
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	57.46
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	12.84
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	49.425	6.09
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	95.092	16.30
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.49
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.962	26.01
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	73.882	4.25
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	90.909	2.64
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	76.404	0.89
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	6.091	1.97
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.38
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	43.519	2.16
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	2.17
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	85.057	0.87
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.945	5.78
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.663	16.59
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.46
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	66.142	3.81
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	78.217	27.04
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	21.87
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.57
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	62.534	3.63
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	57.62
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	30.73
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	38.168	1.31
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	57.143	0.35
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	78.571	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	61.538	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	85.714	0.07
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	89.970	3.29
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.40
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	11.765	0.17
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	97.391	46.00
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.33
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	23.384	8.51
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	32.680	1.53
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	92.758	41.84
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.246	16.24
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	59.961	5.17
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	52.381	0.21
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	8.76
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	99.018	16.30
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	17.22
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	38.722	2.66
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.95
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	25.338	10.34
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	29.069	117.96
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	6.21
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.087	11.49

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

Mongolia93.39
Botswana91.67
Poland85.81
China78.74
North Macedonia76.48

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)
Highest42 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 76.800
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,702.12
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.83

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

+0 / −0countries joined / left
56values changed, of 172 in both
34 · 22rose · fell
116unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro31.59 → 54.72+23.13
North Macedonia65.29 → 76.48+11.19
Zimbabwe31.83 → 41.88+10.05
Hong Kong62.23 → 71.29+9.06
Serbia66.86 → 75.51+8.65

Fell most

Botswana100.00 → 91.67−8.33
North Korea41.28 → 34.40−6.88
Finland18.03 → 13.31−4.73
Denmark43.90 → 39.82−4.08
Colombia6.71 → 3.65−3.06

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

04Caveats

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58 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 115 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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Ember (2011). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2011

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