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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

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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, 2017 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 99.67; 110 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2016, 64 values changed (31 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

HighestBotswana

99.67

Lowest110 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
64distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.67	100.000	3.02
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	91.21	95.854	6.03
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77.19	85.798	169.91
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.61	74.506	36.44
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	67.61	71.201	6,571.65
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	64.81	99.594	36.94
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60.54	76.964	5.60
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.84	54.839	2.48
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.85	58.220	6.63
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.65	75.445	94.36
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	48.32	55.725	85.76
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.66	51.650	44.84
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.18	49.509	23.43
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.77	45.298	7.55
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.12	80.064	3.11
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	41.49	86.378	3.23
Niger`NER`Western Africa	37.50	98.214	0.56
Chile`CHL`South America	37.12	56.455	78.93
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35.18	35.179	31.07
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.23	74.818	54.80
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.79	70.655	297.29
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	32.67	97.494	67.44
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.03	33.146	16.05
United States`USA`Northern America	29.76	62.684	4,052.31
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.80	31.361	12.34
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.04	82.049	116.04
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.41	43.658	63.54
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	25.47	60.792	57.59
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.10	29.450	30.90
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16.57	46.409	272.38
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.98	40.522	32.92
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.16	97.741	16.38
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.55	84.167	19.20
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.82	70.737	30.79
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11.64	39.507	11.77
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.17	64.432	292.09
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.90	21.152	27.42
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.79	13.668	14.56
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8.73	13.492	1.26
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.68	20.098	67.52
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.37	68.740	130.36
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.55	8.523	15.37
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.70	46.673	21.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.57	88.771	4.72
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.06	58.081	1.98
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.41	5.411	18.11
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.65	4.651	0.43
Colombia`COL`South America	4.01	20.900	78.47
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.96	3.955	1.77
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.44	86.949	60.84
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.08	53.846	0.65
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.62	23.908	67.09
France`FRA`Western Europe	2.31	11.781	555.74
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.54	28.170	11.04
Peru`PER`South America	1.44	41.396	52.71
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.40	98.244	73.45
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.33	18.781	43.66
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.30	97.112	52.28
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.20	2.113	164.23
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.18	19.493	11.44
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.15	85.866	13.16
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.09	97.740	34.51
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.03	1.882	148.27
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	4.53
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.159	76.07
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	28.585	10.81
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	97.143	0.35
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	38.114	7.53
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	85.567	0.97
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	92.238	24.22
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.99
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	99.966	29.23
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	97.115	1.04
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.00	32.001	85.34
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	5.000	0.40
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.32
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	7.65
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	74.870	9.59
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	4.16
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	85.714	1.12
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	25.000	0.28
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	81.395	0.43
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	36.646	8.05
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	98.529	0.68
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	93.750	0.32
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.09
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.355	11.28
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	78.755	10.12
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	96.111	20.57
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	91.400	5.00
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.06
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	76.923	0.13
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.106	9.42
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	26.482	27.83
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	67.164	1.34
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	97.059	0.34
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	48.485	0.33
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	50.000	1.02
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	68.116	0.69
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	58.036	2.24
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.31
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	57.368	13.30
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	24.000	0.50
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	96.610	1.77
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	30.508	1.77
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	96.429	1.12
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	87.736	1.06
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	42.644	9.38
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.07
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	97.606	93.58
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	88.356	4.38
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	93.263	20.78
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	19.114	10.83
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	99.942	68.89
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	27.490	7.53
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	97.741	21.25
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.54
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.35
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.970	33.28
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	28.933	3.56
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	33.333	0.90
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	85.714	1.47
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	1.91
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	97.260	0.73
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	54.360	3.44
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	89.697	1.65
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	75.556	1.35
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	93.750	4.96
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	19.501	17.64
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	4.58
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	44.027	4.52
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	75.806	32.24
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	99.945	36.15
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	90.909	0.55
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	72.184	4.35
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	59.82
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	99.694	45.70
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	59.060	2.98
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	68.750	0.16
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	98.039	0.51
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	39.130	0.23
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	94.595	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.54
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	39.490	15.70
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	48.066	1.81
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	95.770	18.44
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	65.205	7.07
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	74.074	0.81
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.893	9.32
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	97.085	20.58
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	100.000	23.89
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.29
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.852	3.78
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	98.333	0.60
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	1.533	14.35
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	41.609	103.80
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	95.309	4.05

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana99.67
Mongolia91.21
Poland77.19
Serbia72.61
China67.61

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
British 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)
Highest23 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 74.506
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.63

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 173 in both
31 · 33rose · fell
109unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro41.40 → 54.84+13.44
Cambodia43.61 → 53.85+10.23
North Macedonia51.33 → 60.54+9.20
Pakistan0.50 → 8.37+7.87
Myanmar0.06 → 6.70+6.65

Fell most

Zimbabwe54.53 → 44.77−9.77
Denmark29.18 → 20.10−9.08
Croatia20.64 → 11.64−9.00
Netherlands32.31 → 27.04−5.27
Panama6.07 → 1.54−4.53

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

04Caveats

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64 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 110 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Ember (2017). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2017

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