Data for 2024

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
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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, 2024 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 98.25; 106 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2023, 60 values changed (19 up, 41 down), 8 left.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

HighestBotswana

98.25

Lowest106 countries share it

0.00

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

164countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
59distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Ember.

Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.25	99.708	3.43
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	84.69	91.156	8.82
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	63.91	79.528	124.17
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	62.93	67.938	36.96
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.92	64.341	15.48
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	58.22	62.345	10,025.01
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.33	68.864	172.09
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.89	42.885	10.26
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	40.51	40.510	3.53
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.30	82.111	3.41
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.40	60.539	6.31
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	36.54	73.077	3.12
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	36.42	42.305	72.83
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.55	54.386	341.23
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	34.06	36.642	27.10
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33.65	98.958	37.44
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.96	81.149	24.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.28	23.284	52.31
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.89	28.896	38.28
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20.94	23.936	16.71
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.58	57.613	2.43
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.94	98.113	101.74
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19.78	99.820	5.56
Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.90	96.842	0.95
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.00	94.000	20.00
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.83	31.666	15.79
Chile`CHL`South America	15.30	29.959	88.62
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.10	32.794	52.72
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.04	50.442	1.13
United States`USA`Northern America	14.85	58.131	4,391.02
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.30	86.194	80.40
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.38	43.527	151.01
Colombia`COL`South America	12.58	38.658	89.14
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.80	12.525	19.72
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.70	11.224	15.77
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.99	84.049	81.50
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.43	26.387	37.97
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.11	46.337	122.34
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.73	50.770	57.08
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.53	52.142	21.71
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.24	26.568	15.28
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.97	10.768	35.20
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.51	5.405	22.20
Panama`PAN`Central America	3.72	32.018	13.43
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.28	3.279	0.61
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.03	13.131	0.99
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.73	14.020	44.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.44	2.439	1.64
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.03	53.487	31.07
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.76	14.194	29.52
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.48	49.827	267.56
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.31	80.210	7.63
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.01	4.660	82.40
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.96	95.071	59.58
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.92	23.256	280.92
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48	44.551	12.48
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.18	5.077	564.49
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.04	62.680	45.82
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	8.34
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	98.931	96.36
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	94.444	0.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	26.299	15.59
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	91.892	0.37
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	38.981	9.03
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	83.000	1.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.00	13.775	78.48
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	88.254	27.84
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	99.111	2.25
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	99.736	37.95
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	90.991	1.11
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.00	23.665	75.98
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	12.766	0.47
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	96.040	1.01
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	11.00
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	66.001	13.53
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	82.840	1.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	24.490	0.49
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	69.231	0.52
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	26.860	7.26
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	95.775	0.71
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	94.595	0.37
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.091	11.00
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	71.084	10.79
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	95.986	19.43
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	76.178	5.78
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	65.000	0.20
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	15.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	27.557	32.66
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	73.154	1.49
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	88.889	0.45
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	44.342	6.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	36.522	1.15
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	65.278	0.72
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	64.615	2.60
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.51
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	20.172	13.93
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	63.782	24.27
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	16.667	0.60
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	91.398	1.86
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	24.814	4.03
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	81.395	0.86
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.05
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	98.377	149.73
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	87.398	4.92
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	75.919	23.67
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	8.522	13.26
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	97.762	92.49
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	26.493	6.34
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	56.180	5.34
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	45.614	0.57
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	99.971	34.59
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	15.678	7.40
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	9.272	1.51
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	69.231	0.78
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	80.537	5.96
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	84.475	2.19
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	77.295	2.07
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	89.292	6.07
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	16.574	19.79
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	80.000	0.05
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	11.13
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	37.611	4.52
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	75.000	37.56
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.00	1.394	157.11
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	95.112	49.10
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	60.606	0.99
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	76.321	4.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	42.41
Peru`PER`South America	0.00	39.889	59.29
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.00	14.803	47.29
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	95.977	56.68
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	79.121	5.46
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	91.304	0.23
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	56.250	0.16
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	84.127	0.63
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	79.070	0.43
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	98.214	0.56
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	20.311	14.77
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	47.126	1.74
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.00	1.209	172.02
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	96.463	24.88
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	67.081	8.84
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	70.423	0.71
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	99.895	9.55
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	95.601	21.37
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	99.970	33.01
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	96.296	0.27
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.926	5.81
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	1.122	13.37
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	8.861	80.13
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	88.762	5.25

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana98.25
Mongolia84.69
Philippines63.91
Serbia62.93
Cambodia60.92

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Venezuelashared0.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.00
Uruguayshared0.00

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)
Highest4 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 63.231
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 9.29

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+0 / −8countries joined / left
60values changed, of 164 in both
19 · 41rose · fell
104unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh10.61 → 19.94+9.33
Mauritius33.64 → 39.30+5.66
Cambodia57.50 → 60.92+3.42
Serbia59.85 → 62.93+3.08
Colombia10.91 → 12.58+1.67

Fell most

Bulgaria29.27 → 22.89−6.38
Poland59.72 → 54.33−5.39
Greece9.38 → 5.73−3.65
Italy5.05 → 1.48−3.58
Czechia39.50 → 36.42−3.08

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

59 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 106 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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Ember (2024). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2024

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