Data for 2016

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2016

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2016
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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, 2016 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 99.628; 109 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2015, 64 values changed (28 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2016

HighestBotswana

99.628

Lowest109 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
65distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.628	100.000	2.69
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.240	95.591	5.67
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	78.506	86.259	166.00
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.552	71.873	38.61
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	68.260	71.799	6,102.38
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	65.897	99.633	38.12
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.533	55.091	7.17
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	51.332	63.233	5.63
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.183	59.159	82.00
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.692	75.790	90.79
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.613	52.372	5.48
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	43.499	48.754	44.53
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.671	46.619	23.81
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.639	78.033	3.05
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	41.401	41.401	3.14
Chile`CHL`South America	38.386	57.110	78.83
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.054	97.463	67.01
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.987	90.764	3.14
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.067	72.344	53.84
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.626	67.114	274.40
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	32.310	83.556	113.96
Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.429	98.571	0.70
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	31.228	31.228	25.49
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.869	33.580	16.23
United States`USA`Northern America	30.315	65.001	4,087.56
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.764	38.196	11.86
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.178	39.507	30.40
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.727	40.424	64.22
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.389	45.301	59.05
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.635	33.651	12.60
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	17.660	39.460	31.88
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.860	98.110	20.64
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.512	74.884	30.30
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.458	39.690	270.70
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.567	88.924	18.78
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.453	62.228	285.95
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.863	13.460	13.15
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.448	20.149	26.80
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.138	22.022	68.75
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8.333	8.333	0.36
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.159	91.004	4.78
Colombia`COL`South America	8.113	34.384	76.17
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.438	12.397	1.21
Panama`PAN`Central America	6.066	33.364	10.88
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.211	51.579	1.90
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.538	3.538	17.24
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.390	88.315	58.71
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.378	4.054	1.48
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.145	21.258	64.87
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.804	5.692	11.77
Peru`PER`South America	1.917	49.603	51.63
France`FRA`Western Europe	1.831	10.135	558.84
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.562	50.000	0.64
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.491	98.205	69.09
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.202	97.092	51.59
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.020	15.666	43.15
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.504	66.404	122.90
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.463	31.479	84.31
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.430	51.935	9.30
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.174	19.495	11.49
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.167	2.348	155.89
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.089	98.719	33.57
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.055	44.812	18.12
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.027	1.946	148.03
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	7.78
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	99.521	71.04
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	41.439	10.98
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.34
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	36.338	7.10
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	85.106	0.94
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	91.590	24.85
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	1.97
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	99.965	28.52
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	98.095	1.05
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	5.263	0.38
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.27
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	7.88
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	79.247	9.30
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.22
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.000	4.27
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	83.838	0.99
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	11.111	0.18
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	80.000	0.45
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	38.397	7.11
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	93.548	0.31
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	1.750	10.86
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	83.578	10.23
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	95.572	20.55
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	91.207	4.89
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.09
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	75.000	0.16
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.111	9.02
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	40.022	27.16
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	66.429	1.40
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.27
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000	86.935	12.17
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	51.613	0.31
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	45.263	0.95
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	69.118	0.68
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	62.100	2.19
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.30
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	57.783	13.17
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	16.667	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.22
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	95.977	1.74
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	31.677	1.61
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	96.364	1.10
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	93.519	1.08
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	18.17
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	95.813	81.93
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	87.751	4.49
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	95.628	19.67
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	10.744	9.68
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	99.971	70.10
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	45.794	6.42
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	97.785	19.41
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	99.968	31.42
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	42.149	3.63
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.000	41.772	0.79
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	79.798	0.99
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	6.047	2.15
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	98.507	0.67
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	48.013	3.02
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	83.721	0.86
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	75.000	1.16
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	95.897	5.85
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	17.285	18.86
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	4.18
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	47.712	4.59
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	77.531	36.54
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	34.23
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	92.453	0.53
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	70.231	4.77
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	63.94
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	99.694	42.44
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	61.279	2.97
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	95.652	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	87.500	0.16
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	66.667	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	90.909	0.11
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	98.000	0.50
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	38.095	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	97.222	0.36
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.52
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	43.789	14.57
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	56.044	1.82
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	94.717	18.17
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.000	63.783	6.82
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	78.723	0.94
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.06
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	99.894	9.42
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.000	96.791	19.63
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	100.000	22.53
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.25
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.857	3.77
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	98.701	0.77
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	3.172	13.87
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	85.714	0.07
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	46.075	116.94
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	96.674	4.81

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana99.628
Mongolia92.240
Poland78.506
Serbia70.552
China68.260

Lowest

Yemenshared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
British 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)
Highest26 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 72.344
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,102.38
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.42

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

+0 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 173 in both
28 · 36rose · fell
109unchanged

Rose most

Laos13.985 → 31.228+17.243
New Caledonia28.276 → 35.987+7.711
Zimbabwe47.341 → 54.533+7.192
Türkiye29.094 → 33.626+4.532
Denmark24.705 → 29.178+4.473

Fell most

Israel45.399 → 36.054−9.345
Niger40.741 → 31.429−9.312
Montenegro50.333 → 41.401−8.932
Greece43.310 → 35.067−8.243
Portugal28.803 → 21.389−7.414

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. 109 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2016). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2016

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