Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) by country
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke,...
Countries reporting
208
Highest
98.9%
Botswana
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
0.0%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
7,746
What the numbers show
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 98.9% in Botswana; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 9.7%.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 8,374.1%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).
Electricity production from coal sources: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 98.9% | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 85.2% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 4 | South Africa | 81.6% | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 5 | India | 74.4% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 69.1% | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 62.5% | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Morocco | 62.1% | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 9 | China | 61.3% | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 10 | Serbia | 58.9% | 2023 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 11 | Cambodia | 58.7% | 2023 | up 508.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 58.4% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.4% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 55.9% | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 54.1% | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 46.0% | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 17 | Malaysia | 45.0% | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Vietnam | 44.8% | 2023 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 40.2% | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 20 | Montenegro | 39.1% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 39.0% | 2021 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Czechia | 36.3% | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 23 | Estonia | 34.9% | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 24 | Turkey | 34.5% | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 25 | North Korea | 33.6% | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 26 | Mauritius | 33.5% | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Hong Kong | 33.1% | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 28 | South Korea | 32.6% | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 30.6% | 2023 | up 144.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Japan | 30.1% | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 29.7% | 2023 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 29.1% | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 33 | Laos | 23.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Germany | 23.5% | 2024 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 35 | Ukraine | 22.2% | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 36 | Slovenia | 20.6% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 37 | Brunei | 20.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Madagascar | 19.5% | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Russia | 18.1% | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 40 | Niger | 17.1% | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 41 | Guatemala | 16.8% | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 16.6% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 15.7% | 2024 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 14.8% | 2024 | down 59.8% | rising |
| 45 | Thailand | 14.6% | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 14.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Israel | 14.0% | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 48 | Romania | 14.0% | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 49 | Pakistan | 12.8% | 2023 | up 8,374.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Jordan | 12.6% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Colombia | 12.4% | 2024 | up 60.7% | falling |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5% | 2023 | up 104.1% | rising |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 11.1% | 2023 | up 165.5% | rising |
| 54 | Zambia | 10.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 10.6% | 2023 | up 359.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands | 8.2% | 2024 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 57 | Mexico | 7.6% | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 58 | Croatia | 7.6% | 2023 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Hungary | 6.4% | 2024 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 6.0% | 2024 | down 88.2% | falling |
| 61 | Myanmar | 5.3% | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 62 | New Zealand | 5.3% | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Denmark | 5.0% | 2024 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 4.6% | 2023 | up 1,688.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 3.5% | 2023 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovakia | 3.1% | 2024 | down 74.9% | falling |
| 67 | Canada | 2.9% | 2024 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 68 | Belgium | 2.8% | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Eswatini | 2.7% | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Finland | 2.6% | 2024 | down 85.0% | falling |
| 71 | Austria | 2.4% | 2024 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 72 | Ireland | 2.0% | 2024 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Brazil | 2.0% | 2024 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 74 | Italy | 1.8% | 2024 | down 89.4% | falling |
| 75 | Namibia | 1.6% | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Portugal | 1.6% | 2021 | down 91.6% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 1.2% | 2024 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Senegal | 1.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 0.9% | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2024 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 81 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Honduras | 0.5% | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 84 | France | 0.4% | 2024 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Iran | 0.2% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 0.1% | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2021 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Angola | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Albania | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Benin | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Belize | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Congo | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 91 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Libya | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Mali | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Oman | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Palau | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Syria | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Chad | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Togo | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 91 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 93.4%
- South Asia 70.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 70.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 59.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 59.8%
- Lower middle income 52.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 51.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 40.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 37.5%
About this data
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.