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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2018

Figures for 2018, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

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, 2018 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 99.357; 111 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2017, 62 values changed (22 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2018

HighestBotswana

99.357

Lowest111 countries share it

0.000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 173 countries · select a heading to sort

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2018: every country, as published by Ember.
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa99.35799.6783.11
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia88.73793.3036.57
PolandPOLEastern Europe77.05887.240169.43
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe68.23070.27536.67
ChinaCHNEastern Asia66.95870.5327,133.23
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia60.13199.59036.57
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia52.06576.62999.74
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe50.80265.0625.61
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe47.44454.68786.84
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia45.63048.73124.83
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa43.79644.3279.43
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia40.85788.0003.50
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe40.78940.7893.80
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa40.38579.4873.12
BulgariaBGREastern Europe40.12045.15246.51
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia37.40841.0768.18
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia37.24867.743300.15
ChileCHLSouth America36.55854.13481.76
NigerNERWestern Africa35.84998.1130.53
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia34.92234.92234.42
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.67469.32152.61
IsraelISRWestern Asia29.84697.27669.02
GuatemalaGTMCentral America29.43433.88713.25
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe28.66031.76216.12
United StatesUSANorthern America27.35963.3414,201.55

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Botswana99.357
  2. Mongolia88.737
  3. Poland77.058
  4. Serbia68.230
  5. China66.958

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Vanuatushared0.000
  4. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  5. 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)

    Highest18 share it

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 69.321

  • Total generation (TWh)

    HighestChina7,133.23

    LowestMontserrat0.01

    Middle country: 6.89

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 62values changed, of 173 in both
  • 22 · 40rose · fell
  • 111unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 63 distinct values among 173

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 111 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2018). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2018

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