Data for 2026

Operating Coal Power Capacity, 2026

Name: Operating Coal Power Capacity, 2026
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This is how much coal-fired power-station capacity a country has in operation, in megawatts, from Global Energy Monitor’s plant-by-plant register of every coal unit in the world. Beside it are the plants being built, proposed, mothballed and retired.

Operating Coal Power Capacity, 2026 covers 109 countries on 10 measures. China is highest, at 1,263,101; 35 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 525.

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Operating Coal Power Capacity · Data for 2026

HighestChina

1,263,101

Lowest35 countries share it

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

109countries
10measures per country
2026the year it describes
74distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Operating Coal Power Capacity, 2026, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Operating Coal Power Capacity, 2026: every country, as published by Global Energy Monitor.

China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,263,101	204,171	331,197	218,478	43,475	69,244	75,964	594,565	6,600	137,941
India`IND`Southern Asia	254,433	40,530	97,120	41,840	26,850	28,430	0	583,569	719	17,204
United States`USA`Northern America	184,448	0	4,250	3,000	1,250	0	0	28,168	2,370	172,708
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60,610	5,270	13,080	7,560	4,760	760	1,650	50,965	30	55
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52,860	0	500	0	500	0	0	12,177	1,581	4,121
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45,024	0	1,455	0	0	1,455	2,580	15,830	2,470	1,180
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	41,745	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,500	0	3,980
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	37,278	1,975	5,342	3,887	1,455	0	2,710	11,651	0	10,839
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28,379	2,713	5,830	3,200	2,630	0	3,200	60,320	0	105
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	28,173	0	0	0	0	0	0	20,413	3,651	33,720
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27,262	100	0	0	0	0	0	22,923	0	9,063
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,629	0	945	0	945	0	0	13,436	0	8,875
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20,473	0	1,738	0	1,738	0	1,500	96,508	545	0
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	16,193	0	0	0	0	0	0	14,000	2,100	3,562
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,291	140	7,005	1,605	5,400	0	1,272	2,376	0	640
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13,280	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,900	0	0
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12,642	970	2,442	0	2,307	135	700	15,880	0	197
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8,348	32	1,950	0	1,650	300	0	26,183	150	0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,230	0	5,200	4,000	0	1,200	1,670	31,625	125	0
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6,914	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,380	55	3,528
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5,838	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,326	0	975
Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,378	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,250	0	0
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,785	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,795	32	0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4,110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,500
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,092	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,670	0	165
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,311	0	4,265
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,480	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,720	15,645	4,503
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,425	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,660	1,230	1,834
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,250	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	450	0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,231	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,500	150	16,314
Chile`CHL`South America	3,117	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,527	0	2,399
Brazil`BRA`South America	2,997	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,656	0	698
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,650	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,260	0	2,250
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2,386	0	1,550	1,550	0	0	0	900	0	348
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,200	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,705	315	5,170
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1,990	0	1,050	0	1,050	0	0	4,150	100	0
France`FRA`Western Europe	1,907	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,619
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,878	300	3,100	1,600	0	1,500	3,010	926	0	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,790	715	4,890	4,070	0	820	4,750	8,190	180	0
Colombia`COL`South America	1,613	0	0	0	0	0	1,125	1,710	0	0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,455	265	0	0	0	0	0	5,580	0	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,295	400	4,050	1,280	1,930	840	0	8,690	0	0
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,290	0	0	0	0	0	0	830	0	190
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1,230	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,795	3,960	5,810
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,064	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,040	0	0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	900	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,900	0	0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	884	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,080	130	695
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	824	0	0	0	0	0	0	730	0	0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	813	0	2,250	1,650	600	0	660	0	0	150
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	750	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	250
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	732	700	615	615	0	0	1,650	5,700	0	0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	724	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	345	535
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	660	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,250	0	5,278
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	653	0	0	0	0	0	0	385	0	2,884
Argentina`ARG`South America	525	0	0	0	0	0	120	0	120	0
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	510	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	411	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,644
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	400	0	0	0	0	0	600	650	0	0
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	370	0	0	0	0	0	0	180	0	0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	345	0	1,570	910	60	600	0	5,609	0	0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	330	1,370	2,150	1,515	335	300	0	1,640	0	0
Panama`PAN`Central America	306	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	260	0	0	0	0	0	0	800	350	13,183
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	225	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,664	0	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	220	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	217	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,300	125	0
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	208	0	0	0	0	0	0	885	0	1,285
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	195	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	0	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	180	0	0	0	0	0	0	21,225	40	0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	850	0	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0	83
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	120	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	550	0	0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	30	0	600	400	200	0	0	100	0	0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0	0	515	515	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	800	0	0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	800	0	1,993
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,400	0	0
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,100	0	2,865
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	700	0	0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	0
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	500	0	0	0
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15,240	0	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	370	0	0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	300	0	300	0	0	2,100	0	0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0	0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,100	0	0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	330	0	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	70
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0	650	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	915
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,140	0	0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	2,676	0	0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	435	0	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	550	150	400	0	350	3,220	0	0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,400	0
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0	0	300	0	300	0	1,350	4,670	0	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,200	0	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	0
Peru`PER`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	135
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,028
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	600	0	0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	291
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	1,200	400	800	0	120	1,445	0	0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,470	0	1,200
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,968	0	35,857
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,800	0	0

02In 2026

At either end

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

Highest

China1,263,101
India254,433
United States184,448
Indonesia60,610
Japan52,860

Lowest

Venezuelashared0
Tanzaniashared0
Syriashared0
Eswatinishared0
Swedenshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 525. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Under construction (MW)
HighestChina204,171
Lowest93 share it
Middle country: 0
Proposed: announced, pre-permit and permitted (MW)
HighestChina331,197
Lowest80 share it
Middle country: 0
Announced (MW)
HighestChina218,478
Lowest89 share it
Middle country: 0
Pre-permit (MW)
HighestChina43,475
Lowest87 share it
Middle country: 0
Permitted (MW)
HighestChina69,244
Lowest97 share it
Middle country: 0
Shelved (MW)
HighestChina75,964
Lowest86 share it
Middle country: 0
Cancelled since 2010 (MW)
HighestChina594,565
Lowest20 share it
Middle country: 1,380
Mothballed (MW)
HighestUkraine15,645
Lowest80 share it
Middle country: 0
Retired since 2000 (MW)
HighestUnited States172,708
Lowest58 share it
Middle country: 0

03Caveats

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74 distinct values among 109
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 35 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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