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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2012
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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, 2012 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 93.56; 116 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2011, 57 values changed (25 up, 32 down), 1 country joined.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012

HighestMongolia

93.56

Lowest116 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
58distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	93.56	98.75	4.81
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	83.34	89.55	161.48
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.16	83.39	6.26
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	75.52	78.09	4,978.24
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.73	74.30	36.19
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	71.43	100.00	0.35
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	64.57	99.90	38.53
Niger`NER`Western Africa	64.10	100.00	0.39
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.45	99.22	63.01
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.93	83.09	59.91
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.80	55.66	86.58
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.23	54.74	46.46
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.07	48.07	2.85
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.22	79.57	2.79
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.24	39.78	9.15
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.12	54.90	58.54
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	38.77	71.55	72.89
United States`USA`Northern America	37.47	68.78	4,040.67
Chile`CHL`South America	36.42	63.72	69.57
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	34.88	37.45	21.36
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	34.48	51.46	30.57
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.06	36.59	15.55
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.81	57.37	45.44
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.40	72.77	239.49
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	24.02	79.91	2.29
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	23.67	83.98	102.27
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21.19	50.24	10.57
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.73	49.50	293.95
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.48	80.41	27.16
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.31	46.77	34.62
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.64	68.77	295.25
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.57	99.46	22.30
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.25	33.33	9.36
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.54	87.87	16.90
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.05	25.94	28.30
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.08	26.79	70.41
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.96	15.91	0.88
Panama`PAN`Central America	7.78	37.05	8.61
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.90	28.67	11.16
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.72	28.27	43.75
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.40	25.23	68.65
Colombia`COL`South America	5.33	22.11	63.06
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.13	50.64	1.56
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.86	6.59	15.03
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.16	37.68	81.51
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.08	87.45	53.00
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.85	7.69	0.52
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.78	10.03	567.59
Peru`PER`South America	3.23	44.75	39.96
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.80	62.94	1.43
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.93	98.13	48.62
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.80	2.99	1.67
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.28	53.57	7.84
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.29	2.46	166.44
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.07	99.32	30.81
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.06	62.92	98.10
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	1.77	146.18
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	4.72
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	98.92	57.40
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	29.02	7.72
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.33
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	43.48	7.82
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	84.78	0.92
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	92.16	22.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.90
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	24.77
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.13
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	7.90	0.38
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.05
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	6.74
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	67.48	7.41
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.00	3.93
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	82.81	0.64
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.15
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	81.58	0.38
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	21.36	5.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.61
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	16.67	0.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	95.83	0.24
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	8.21	10.11
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	73.71	7.00
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	96.26	18.43
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	94.49	4.72
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.39
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.13	7.52
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	46.59	22.73
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	85.19	0.54
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.32
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	87.71	11.96
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	62.07	0.29
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	33.72	0.86
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	70.83	0.72
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	57.87	2.16
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	25.68	9.62
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	34.07	12.15
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	24.44	0.45
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.78
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	32.88	0.73
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	95.83	0.96
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	1.10
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.00	17.29
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	90.46	46.02
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	89.79	4.31
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.58	16.59
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	22.52	8.17
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	61.12
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	12.93
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	33.39	6.17
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	93.93	16.46
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.49
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.97	34.29
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	73.78	4.50
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	88.77	2.76
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	58.93	0.56
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	6.34	2.05
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.40
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	42.86	2.31
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	98.70	2.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	85.42	0.96
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	95.35	5.81
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.74	14.97
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.57	3.53
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	57.32	4.03
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	80.20	28.74
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	25.02
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.46
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	63.27	3.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.00	60.23
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	99.97	34.80
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	41.28	1.72
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	53.85	0.39
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	95.46	0.22
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	63.64	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	87.50	0.08
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	90.61	3.62
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.41
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	33.33	0.18
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	97.29	46.94
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.34
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.44
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	29.68	9.50
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	50.90	1.67
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	90.73	32.27
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.41	16.97
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	67.55	5.67
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	71.88	0.32
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	9.12
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	98.26	17.84
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.00	17.75
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.00	2.90
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.87
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	35.38	10.60
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	36.05	128.31
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	7.07
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.16	12.37

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Mongolia93.56
Poland83.34
North Macedonia77.16
China75.52
Serbia72.73

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)
Highest39 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.30
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.81

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

+1 / −0countries joined / left
57values changed, of 172 in both
25 · 32rose · fell
115unchanged

Rose most

Portugal19.02 → 28.81+9.78
Chile29.89 → 36.42+6.54
Netherlands18.99 → 23.67+4.68
Ireland14.49 → 18.48+4.00
Spain15.09 → 18.73+3.65

Fell most

Botswana91.67 → 71.43−20.24
Niger73.53 → 64.10−9.43
Hong Kong71.29 → 64.57−6.71
Montenegro54.72 → 48.07−6.65
Bulgaria55.10 → 49.23−5.88

+ South Sudan

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. 116 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2012). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2012

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