Data for 2023

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2023

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2023
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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, 2023 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 98.76; 112 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2022, 58 values changed (12 up, 46 down), 1 left.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2023

HighestBotswana

98.76

Lowest112 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
61distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.76	99.690	3.23
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	85.16	90.832	8.29
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	63.18	78.574	116.73
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	61.27	65.376	9,402.74
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.85	65.039	39.33
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.72	72.293	165.52
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.50	57.868	13.60
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	43.84	43.844	9.99
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.15	67.826	6.90
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	39.50	45.185	75.80
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	39.14	39.141	4.19
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.91	57.991	319.79
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	36.89	73.786	3.09
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	34.54	37.313	26.72
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	33.64	82.569	3.27
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33.27	99.046	37.75
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.43	82.736	24.56
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	29.27	34.606	40.08
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.29	23.289	52.30
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.57	56.048	2.48
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.36	100.000	5.60
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20.19	23.473	15.55
Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.53	97.938	0.97
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.92	88.209	77.43
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.28	94.623	19.90
Chile`CHL`South America	16.25	36.860	89.23
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.96	32.730	14.91
United States`USA`Northern America	15.87	59.106	4,253.91
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.46	50.909	1.10
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.05	48.098	148.01
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.15	30.553	56.95
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.69	13.529	13.60
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.95	10.997	19.46
Colombia`COL`South America	10.91	33.879	84.36
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.61	98.292	100.73
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.38	50.174	48.93
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.63	29.874	17.44
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.47	13.603	33.89
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.42	90.104	76.80
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.26	49.291	119.96
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.01	28.813	35.54
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.31	53.507	21.10
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.05	55.450	261.55
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.76	5.794	21.23
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.13	15.205	29.53
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.84	54.724	31.54
Panama`PAN`Central America	3.51	39.359	13.11
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.09	13.402	0.97
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.03	3.030	0.66
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.91	6.023	81.52
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.59	2.116	1.89
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.30	28.111	279.11
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.24	10.375	42.89
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.10	83.049	8.20
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.00	95.472	57.29
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48	45.637	12.49
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.31	7.915	518.75
Peru`PER`South America	0.07	45.622	60.87
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.05	68.687	41.74
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.02	1.530	153.63
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	9.01
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	99.051	95.88
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	25.968	15.75
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	94.444	0.36
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	43.006	8.65
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	83.000	1.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.00	15.244	70.98
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	93.469	29.09
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	99.095	2.21
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	99.760	37.47
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	91.818	1.10
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.00	26.470	82.13
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	11.111	0.45
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	97.000	1.00
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	11.16
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	66.693	12.55
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	84.024	1.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	24.000	0.50
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	72.000	0.50
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	26.731	7.22
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	97.143	0.70
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.14
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	94.444	0.36
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.14
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.085	11.72
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	69.854	10.98
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	96.353	19.74
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	79.550	5.33
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	65.000	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	15.63
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	26.382	35.82
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	75.524	1.43
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	89.796	0.49
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	51.220	5.74
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	53.061	0.49
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	36.522	1.15
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	66.197	0.71
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	64.479	2.59
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.51
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	23.909	14.43
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	61.481	24.30
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	18.033	0.61
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	92.222	1.80
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	25.500	4.00
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	97.101	1.38
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	77.647	0.85
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.81
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	98.786	145.01
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	87.841	4.77
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	78.040	23.77
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.234	12.80
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	97.872	89.76
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	22.257	6.38
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	65.924	6.28
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	42.623	0.61
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.970	33.75
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	16.226	5.30
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	10.638	1.41
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	66.667	0.66
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	4.372	1.83
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	92.941	0.85
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	80.200	6.01
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	86.383	2.35
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	78.469	2.09
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	90.394	6.35
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	16.433	19.96
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	10.70
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	37.611	4.52
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	77.322	40.92
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	95.111	45.00
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	60.000	0.85
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	76.321	4.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	53.04
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.00	25.531	46.14
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	96.435	56.38
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	76.493	5.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	95.455	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	97.500	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	60.000	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	88.889	0.09
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	85.484	0.62
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	4.762	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	90.909	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	80.952	0.42
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	98.214	0.56
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	19.021	14.51
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	46.821	1.73
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.00	1.403	166.05
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	96.483	25.02
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	73.510	10.57
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	73.239	0.71
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.895	9.52
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	96.053	21.28
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	99.969	32.60
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.26
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.946	5.77
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	97.059	0.68
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	7.566	12.82
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	75.000	0.08
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	9.658	71.96
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	89.844	5.12

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana98.76
Mongolia85.16
Philippines63.18
China61.27
Serbia59.85

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)
Highest10 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 65.650
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina9,402.74
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.25

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

+0 / −1countries joined / left
58values changed, of 172 in both
12 · 46rose · fell
114unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia31.09 → 57.50+26.41
Zimbabwe32.66 → 43.84+11.18
Rwanda4.81 → 15.46+10.65
Guatemala9.42 → 15.96+6.54
Bangladesh5.54 → 10.61+5.08

Fell most

Bulgaria43.34 → 29.27−14.07
Poland69.84 → 59.72−10.12
Montenegro46.83 → 39.14−7.69
Serbia67.42 → 59.85−7.57
Chile23.64 → 16.25−7.39

− Lesotho

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. 112 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2023). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2023

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