Data for 2014

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2014

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2014
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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, 2014 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 95.671; 113 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2013, 61 values changed (30 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2014

HighestBotswana

95.671

Lowest113 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
3measures per country
2014the year it describes
61distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	95.671	100.00	2.31
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	91.636	96.10	5.38
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	81.793	87.46	158.35
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	76.497	99.90	39.74
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.960	75.62	5,781.27
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	69.517	76.02	5.38
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	66.178	67.02	33.44
Niger`NER`Western Africa	55.556	97.78	0.45
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.894	75.45	49.62
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.458	98.42	60.86
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.929	53.52	84.98
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.418	50.43	46.92
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	44.795	44.80	3.17
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.625	44.83	9.86
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.857	79.59	2.94
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.794	74.39	77.23
United States`USA`Northern America	38.616	67.19	4,096.01
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	37.291	40.04	21.48
Chile`CHL`South America	37.067	57.16	70.17
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	34.519	43.85	32.04
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.268	79.12	251.95
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	28.883	84.58	102.10
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	28.105	38.89	3.06
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.357	40.23	64.92
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.581	88.37	3.01
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.069	39.05	51.80
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	21.924	24.37	17.15
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.381	36.00	29.39
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.669	31.58	10.64
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.647	25.99	13.43
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.426	98.34	21.06
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.963	38.94	274.44
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.713	56.36	276.53
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.313	74.98	25.86
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.005	89.87	17.28
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	11.630	26.78	68.10
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.579	19.87	27.13
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.483	13.79	1.16
Colombia`COL`South America	7.749	30.91	70.46
Panama`PAN`Central America	7.419	44.19	9.30
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.415	8.80	14.43
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.233	47.09	1.72
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.777	18.44	61.55
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.167	4.17	0.48
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.126	89.11	55.75
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.122	20.90	42.92
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.935	35.52	71.20
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.015	37.04	14.39
France`FRA`Western Europe	1.988	6.32	566.31
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.963	98.61	56.05
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.566	59.40	8.30
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.095	97.20	49.30
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.990	0.99	16.16
Peru`PER`South America	0.722	47.63	45.73
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.478	90.91	4.18
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.241	1.91	153.56
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.130	62.92	107.91
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.086	99.17	34.74
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.080	88.84	12.45
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.028	2.09	140.88
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	0.00	4.72
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	99.61	64.27
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.15
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	47.18	9.56
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.34
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	43.69	7.53
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	82.98	0.94
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	94.44	24.63
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	1.92
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	99.96	27.26
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	99.03	1.03
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	8.33	0.36
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.34
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	7.15
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	71.33	8.30
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.00	4.50
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	88.64	0.88
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	16.67	0.18
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	79.07	0.43
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	35.99	6.89
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	96.67	0.30
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	10.23	10.17
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	76.30	8.27
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	95.63	19.43
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	92.86	4.34
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.10
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	80.00	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.11	8.74
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	52.46	24.19
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	65.14	1.09
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.27
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	48.39	0.31
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	51.65	0.91
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	70.59	0.68
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	59.80	1.99
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	19.83	10.29
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	36.39	13.08
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	18.75	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	1.70
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	40.85	0.71
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	96.00	1.00
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	91.26	1.03
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	17.80
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	95.67	69.03
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	90.14	4.26
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	99.62	18.27
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	23.59	9.20
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	99.99	65.15
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	15.12
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	45.53	5.14
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	98.83	17.97
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	99.97	37.73
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	59.08	3.69
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	79.06	1.91
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	59.38	0.64
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	5.53	2.17
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	98.15	0.54
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	41.83	2.51
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	96.44	2.25
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	78.64	1.03
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	93.86	5.37
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.34	16.40
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	0.65	1.53
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.80
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	46.19	4.46
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	83.30	32.28
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	29.13
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	0.34
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	66.59	4.28
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.02	55.43
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	99.72	38.80
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	44.89	1.76
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	51.22	0.41
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	95.46	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	92.86	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	76.92	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	87.50	0.08
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	97.78	0.45
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	20.00	0.15
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.48
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	21.56	11.41
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	69.78	1.82
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	88.85	21.25
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.000	57.35	6.26
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	65.71	0.35
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	9.41
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.000	96.89	18.97
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	100.00	20.40
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.23
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	2.79	3.23
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	98.72	0.78
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	5.24	12.98
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	85.71	0.07
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	44.13	115.23
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	99.87	7.66
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	2.82	14.52

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana95.671
Mongolia91.636
Poland81.793
Hong Kong76.497
China72.960

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)
Highest30 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.45
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,781.27
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.38

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

+0 / −0countries joined / left
61values changed, of 173 in both
30 · 31rose · fell
112unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia9.551 → 28.105+18.554
Botswana82.609 → 95.671+13.062
Montenegro36.548 → 44.795+8.247
Greece46.833 → 51.894+5.061
Netherlands24.473 → 28.883+4.410

Fell most

Slovenia30.823 → 21.924−8.899
Serbia73.082 → 66.178−6.904
Denmark41.289 → 34.519−6.770
Chile41.516 → 37.067−4.449
Finland15.001 → 11.630−3.371

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

04Caveats

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61 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 113 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2014). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2014

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