Data for 2013

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2013

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2013
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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, 2013 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 92.23; 114 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2012, 59 values changed (30 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2013

HighestMongolia

92.23

Lowest114 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
60distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Ember.

Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.23	97.61	5.02
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	84.09	89.58	163.78
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	82.61	100.00	0.92
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	75.45	77.95	5,420.96
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	75.11	99.90	39.01
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	73.08	73.95	39.23
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	66.17	73.89	6.09
Niger`NER`Western Africa	54.55	100.00	0.44
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.32	99.07	61.32
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.86	53.38	85.91
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.83	74.53	56.37
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.60	46.23	9.54
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.07	51.00	43.02
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.64	73.59	75.23
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.31	79.72	2.86
Chile`CHL`South America	41.52	64.31	72.84
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	41.29	53.89	34.61
United States`USA`Northern America	38.99	67.71	4,055.61
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	36.55	36.55	3.94
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	34.73	37.32	21.97
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.82	34.11	15.80
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.11	45.40	58.19
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.56	71.18	240.15
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.50	79.68	2.51
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.47	85.09	100.56
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.52	41.47	50.35
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.81	40.04	30.27
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.36	33.43	13.94
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.71	77.71	25.62
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.97	98.65	21.48
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.77	60.84	286.02
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.71	32.41	10.12
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.00	30.90	71.26
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.19	40.26	281.46
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.47	86.96	17.72
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.81	19.82	1.11
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.77	22.53	28.50
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.55	42.14	1.78
Colombia`COL`South America	8.22	30.79	73.51
Panama`PAN`Central America	7.60	42.12	8.95
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.52	21.77	64.55
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.68	6.61	13.92
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.85	49.70	1.65
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.58	27.45	12.46
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.13	9.30	576.75
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.10	25.81	42.70
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.08	89.56	54.61
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.67	33.67	81.95
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.33	6.67	0.60
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.96	4.44	1.35
Peru`PER`South America	2.80	46.06	43.51
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.31	97.99	53.34
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.22	55.91	8.21
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.43	2.54	153.03
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.23	0.23	17.11
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.15	63.62	104.88
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.08	90.74	13.28
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.06	99.05	31.51
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	2.04	133.14
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	6.96
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.45	59.89
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.15
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	41.96	8.15
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.33
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	42.32	7.49
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	84.04	0.94
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	93.29	23.25
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.88
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	25.91
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.01
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	5.41	0.37
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.13
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	7.53
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	66.20	7.81
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.00	4.40
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	84.00	0.75
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	11.77	0.17
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	78.05	0.41
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	30.60	6.34
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.14
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	96.43	0.28
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	11.78	10.19
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	78.24	7.63
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	95.12	19.25
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	92.31	4.29
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.43
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	73.33	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.12	8.16
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	52.38	23.16
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	70.59	0.85
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.27
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	62.07	0.29
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	36.36	0.88
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	75.00	0.68
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	55.02	2.09
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	17.94	9.98
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	37.11	12.99
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	19.57	0.46
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.74
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	26.15	0.65
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	95.92	0.98
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	86.67	1.05
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.00	17.99
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	91.83	58.90
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	90.68	4.29
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	99.65	17.26
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	21.66	8.08
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	99.98	60.99
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	15.36
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	43.07	6.20
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	93.30	18.80
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.51
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.97	37.93
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	63.48	4.19
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	80.44	1.84
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	41.46	0.41
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	6.34	2.05
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.42
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	45.91	2.20
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	98.23	2.26
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	78.57	0.98
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.13	4.51
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.41	14.87
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.29	3.50
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	47.72	4.17
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	81.44	28.93
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	26.24
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.53
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	64.84	4.01
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.00	60.51
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	99.77	34.75
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	42.78	1.73
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	59.46	0.37
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	85.71	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	75.00	0.12
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	85.71	0.07
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	90.29	3.81
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	97.73	0.44
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	37.50	0.16
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	96.48	47.97
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.47
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	19.03	10.35
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	52.84	1.76
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	87.96	25.17
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	69.95	5.99
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	87.50	0.32
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	9.50
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	97.63	18.14
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.00	18.87
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	3.07
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.82
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	15.87	11.66
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	85.71	0.07
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	38.11	135.13
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	8.50
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.15	13.30

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

Mongolia92.23
Poland84.09
Botswana82.61
China75.45
Hong Kong75.11

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)
Highest36 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 74.53
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,420.96
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.20

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

+0 / −0countries joined / left
59values changed, of 173 in both
30 · 29rose · fell
114unchanged

Rose most

Botswana71.43 → 82.61+11.18
Hong Kong64.57 → 75.11+10.54
Denmark34.48 → 41.29+6.81
Cambodia2.80 → 9.55+6.75
Zimbabwe39.24 → 45.60+6.36

Fell most

Montenegro48.07 → 36.55−11.52
North Macedonia77.16 → 66.17−10.98
Romania39.12 → 29.11−10.01
Niger64.10 → 54.55−9.56
Israel61.45 → 52.32−9.13

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

04Caveats

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60 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 114 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2013). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2013

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