Data for 2015

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2015

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2015
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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, 2015 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 96.30; 112 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2014, 60 values changed (33 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2015

HighestBotswana

96.30

Lowest112 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
62distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	96.30	100.000	2.97
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	91.83	96.007	5.51
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	79.44	86.190	164.30
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.25	73.105	37.59
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.99	73.271	5,798.82
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	65.74	99.815	37.86
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	58.41	64.071	5.65
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.33	50.333	3.00
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.87	56.055	82.49
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.44	51.002	4.49
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	47.34	47.445	9.59
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.25	50.462	48.71
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	45.40	98.101	64.23
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.53	74.587	82.40
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	43.31	70.911	51.05
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.27	47.544	18.93
Niger`NER`Western Africa	40.74	98.148	0.54
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.47	77.258	2.99
Chile`CHL`South America	37.42	56.801	74.91
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	36.14	83.696	108.99
United States`USA`Northern America	33.12	66.854	4,083.99
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.60	32.432	14.80
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.09	68.044	261.77
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.80	52.366	51.14
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	28.28	85.862	2.90
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.61	42.385	65.66
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.14	38.854	11.17
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.71	34.225	28.78
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.55	33.096	11.24
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.09	37.191	30.33
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.53	44.337	277.17
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.30	71.687	28.15
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.60	98.182	20.90
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.45	61.069	279.70
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.99	13.985	16.16
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	13.31	14.938	12.92
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.83	92.111	18.00
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.63	20.361	26.62
Colombia`COL`South America	9.06	36.655	77.97
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8.48	12.712	1.18
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.46	21.615	68.61
Panama`PAN`Central America	6.89	34.660	10.30
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.26	5.263	0.38
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.78	22.969	61.78
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.51	90.991	4.44
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.47	45.810	1.79
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.38	88.121	57.41
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.03	40.757	68.43
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.82	19.922	43.57
France`FRA`Western Europe	2.07	7.817	574.15
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.73	40.494	16.20
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.69	98.651	59.29
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.19	97.096	50.28
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.00	55.938	9.01
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.93	0.932	17.16
Peru`PER`South America	0.85	47.276	48.27
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.63	2.532	1.58
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.24	1.944	162.00
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.13	62.514	112.79
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.12	99.003	34.09
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	2.049	143.00
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	5.89
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.680	68.84
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	45.399	9.78
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	97.143	0.35
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	37.086	7.55
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	81.443	0.97
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	93.040	24.57
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	2.00
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	99.965	28.49
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	99.038	1.04
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	8.333	0.36
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.32
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	7.73
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	70.556	9.00
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.21
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	4.20
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	90.099	1.01
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	16.667	0.18
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	79.070	0.43
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	45.101	7.96
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.64
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	96.667	0.30
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	1.021	10.77
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	83.448	8.70
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	95.586	20.39
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	91.189	4.54
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.113	8.84
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	48.897	25.83
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	63.846	1.30
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.26
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	84.631	10.15
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	40.625	0.32
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	51.613	0.93
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	70.588	0.68
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	56.604	2.12
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.28
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	22.140	10.75
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	50.086	11.64
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	17.647	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.21
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	98.246	1.71
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	21.053	1.14
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.06
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	96.040	1.01
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	92.233	1.03
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	18.55
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	96.305	70.64
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	89.720	4.28
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	98.793	19.06
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.194	9.81
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	99.985	68.30
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	49.819	5.54
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	97.318	18.64
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.53
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.31
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.973	37.51
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	60.284	4.23
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	67.910	1.34
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	78.947	0.95
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	5.991	2.17
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	98.387	0.62
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	51.793	2.51
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	92.308	1.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	72.414	1.16
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	95.530	6.04
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	7.018	18.38
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.46
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	49.891	4.59
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	80.494	33.17
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	32.75
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	98.077	0.52
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	68.653	4.53
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	55.89
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	99.688	41.63
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	59.857	2.79
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	43.137	0.51
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	95.455	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	69.231	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	90.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	97.826	0.46
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	25.000	0.16
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.58
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	35.371	13.09
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	73.656	1.86
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	97.557	18.01
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	66.462	6.53
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	86.364	0.44
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.896	9.57
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	97.023	19.48
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	22.53
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.23
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.254	3.55
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	98.718	0.78
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	6.841	13.74
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	83.333	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	41.186	127.52
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	97.917	5.76
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.961	13.51

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana96.30
Mongolia91.83
Poland79.44
Serbia72.25
China69.99

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)
Highest26 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 72.414
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,798.82
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.89

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+0 / −0countries joined / left
60values changed, of 173 in both
33 · 27rose · fell
113unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia28.11 → 47.44+19.33
Laos0.00 → 13.99+13.99
Guatemala17.67 → 26.14+8.47
Slovenia21.92 → 29.60+7.67
Netherlands28.88 → 36.14+7.26

Fell most

Niger55.56 → 40.74−14.81
North Macedonia69.52 → 58.41−11.11
Hong Kong76.50 → 65.74−10.75
Denmark34.52 → 24.71−9.81
Greece51.89 → 43.31−8.58

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

04Caveats

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62 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 112 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2015). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2015

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