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Electricity production from coal

Coal remains the largest single source of electricity worldwide and the largest source of power-sector emissions.

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Electricity production from coal, % of total
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Electricity production from coal, % of total
YearWorldEurope & Central Asia
2025 15.1%10.7%
2024 34.5%14.2%
2023 35.5%15.2%
2022 35.8%17.6%
2021 36.0%16.5%
2020 35.2%15.9%
2019 36.8%17.9%
2018 38.0%20.5%
2017 38.5%21.2%
2016 38.2%21.8%
2015 39.1%23.2%
2014 40.8%23.9%
2013 41.0%25.1%
2012 40.2%25.5%
2011 41.0%24.7%
2010 40.1%23.7%
2009 40.1%24.3%
2008 40.7%25.6%
2007 41.2%26.7%
2006 40.5%26.8%
2005 39.9%26.3%
2004 39.4%26.8%
2003 39.9%28.1%
2002 38.8%27.5%
2001 38.5%27.6%
2000 38.6%27.9%
1999 37.8%27.1%
1998 38.0%28.3%
1997 38.3%28.5%
1996 38.2%29.7%
1995 37.6%30.2%

Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.

World and regions

  1. South Asia 69.1% 2024
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa 42.9% 2024
  3. East Asia & Pacific 31.4% 2025
  4. North America 15.4% 2025
  5. World 15.1% 2025
  6. Europe & Central Asia 10.7% 2025
  7. Middle East & North Africa 9.3% 2025
  8. Latin America & Caribbean 4.5% 2025

Years differ where countries report on different schedules.

About this series

Series code
EG.ELC.COAL.ZS
Unit
% of total
Publisher
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Original source
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Publisher’s last update
2026-10-08
Retrieved by CEII
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:22:40 GMT
Publisher’s definition

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.

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World map of Coal in power mix, latest available year by country
Ranking of all 209 economies
#Economy% of totalYear
1 Botswana95.4%2024
2 Kosovo93.4%2021
3 South Africa85.0%2024
4 Mongolia84.1%2024
5 Zimbabwe77.1%2024
6 India72.3%2024
7 Indonesia70.5%2024
8 Philippines62.5%2024
9 Serbia62.1%2024
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina61.0%2024
11 China58.6%2024
12 Morocco58.2%2024
13 Kazakhstan56.1%2024
14 Cambodia52.9%2024
15 Poland51.8%2025
16 Vietnam47.5%2024
17 Australia43.8%2025
18 Malaysia43.1%2024
19 Estonia41.9%2025
20 Montenegro40.3%2024
21 Mauritius39.1%2024
22 New Caledonia39.0%2021
23 North Macedonia37.5%2024
24 North Korea35.1%2024
25 Czechia34.9%2025
26 Türkiye33.4%2025
27 Sri Lanka32.6%2024
28 South Korea32.0%2025
29 Dominican Republic29.8%2024
30 Japan28.6%2025
31 Hong Kong27.9%2024
32 Niger27.0%2024
33 Laos24.2%2024
34 Bulgaria22.8%2024
35 Germany22.1%2025
36 Brunei20.5%2024
37 Bangladesh20.0%2024
38 Guatemala19.6%2024
39 Madagascar18.5%2024
40 Ukraine18.3%2024
41 Russia18.2%2024
42 Zambia17.4%2024
43 United States17.2%2025
44 Chile17.0%2025
45 Pakistan16.8%2024
46 Puerto Rico16.6%2021
47 Rwanda16.1%2024
48 Thailand15.5%2024
49 Jordan14.4%2024
50 Panama14.3%2023
51 Romania13.3%2024
52 Slovenia13.0%2025
53 Senegal12.3%2024
54 Kyrgyzstan9.9%2024
55 Netherlands9.3%2025
56 Israel9.3%2025
57 Uzbekistan7.6%2024
58 Myanmar7.3%2024
59 Mexico7.2%2025
60 Tajikistan6.1%2024
61 Colombia5.6%2025
62 Croatia5.2%2024
63 Greece4.7%2025
64 New Zealand3.6%2025
65 Hungary3.2%2025
66 Belgium3.2%2025
67 Austria2.5%2025
68 Eswatini2.5%2024
69 Canada2.4%2025
70 Slovakia2.4%2025
71 Brazil2.2%2025
72 Denmark2.2%2025
73 Finland1.7%2025
74 Namibia1.7%2024
75 Portugal1.6%2021
76 Italy1.5%2025
77 Argentina1.0%2025
78 Singapore0.8%2024
79 Ireland0.8%2025
80 Spain0.7%2025
81 Honduras0.5%2024
82 United Arab Emirates0.5%2022
83 France0.4%2025
84 Sweden0.3%2025
85 Iran0.2%2024
86 United Kingdom0.1%2025
87 Norway0.1%2025
88 Belarus0.1%2024
89 Peru0.0%2024
90 Nepal0.0%2021
91 Afghanistan0.0%2021
92 Albania0.0%2021
93 Algeria0.0%2021
94 American Samoa0.0%2021
95 Andorra0.0%2021
96 Angola0.0%2021
97 Antigua and Barbuda0.0%2021
98 Armenia0.0%2021
99 Aruba0.0%2021
100 Azerbaijan0.0%2021
101 Bahamas0.0%2021
102 Bahrain0.0%2023
103 Barbados0.0%2021
104 Belize0.0%2021
105 Benin0.0%2021
106 Bhutan0.0%2021
107 Bolivia0.0%2021
108 British Virgin Islands0.0%2021
109 Burkina Faso0.0%2021
110 Burundi0.0%2021
111 Cape Verde0.0%2021
112 Cameroon0.0%2021
113 Cayman Islands0.0%2021
114 Central African Republic0.0%2021
115 Chad0.0%2021
116 Comoros0.0%2021
117 DR Congo0.0%2021
118 Congo0.0%2021
119 Costa Rica0.0%2021
120 Ivory Coast0.0%2021
121 Cuba0.0%2021
122 Curaçao0.0%2021
123 Cyprus0.0%2021
124 Djibouti0.0%2021
125 Dominica0.0%2021
126 Ecuador0.0%2021
127 Egypt0.0%2021
128 El Salvador0.0%2021
129 Equatorial Guinea0.0%2021
130 Eritrea0.0%2021
131 Ethiopia0.0%2021
132 Faroe Islands0.0%2021
133 Fiji0.0%2021
134 French Polynesia0.0%2021
135 Gabon0.0%2021
136 Gambia0.0%2021
137 Georgia0.0%2021
138 Ghana0.0%2021
139 Gibraltar0.0%2015
140 Greenland0.0%2021
141 Grenada0.0%2021
142 Guam0.0%2021
143 Guinea0.0%2021
144 Guinea-Bissau0.0%2021
145 Guyana0.0%2021
146 Haiti0.0%2021
147 Iceland0.0%2021
148 Iraq0.0%2021
149 Jamaica0.0%2021
150 Kenya0.0%2021
151 Kiribati0.0%2021
152 Kuwait0.0%2021
153 Latvia0.0%2023
154 Lebanon0.0%2021
155 Lesotho0.0%2021
156 Liberia0.0%2021
157 Libya0.0%2021
158 Lithuania0.0%2021
159 Luxembourg0.0%2021
160 Malawi0.0%2021
161 Maldives0.0%2021
162 Mali0.0%2021
163 Malta0.0%2021
164 Marshall Islands0.0%2021
165 Mauritania0.0%2021
166 Micronesia0.0%2021
167 Moldova0.0%2023
168 Mozambique0.0%2021
169 Nauru0.0%2021
170 Nicaragua0.0%2021
171 Nigeria0.0%2021
172 Oman0.0%2021
173 Palau0.0%2021
174 Papua New Guinea0.0%2021
175 Paraguay0.0%2021
176 Qatar0.0%2021
177 Samoa0.0%2021
178 São Tomé and Príncipe0.0%2021
179 Saudi Arabia0.0%2021
180 Seychelles0.0%2021
181 Sierra Leone0.0%2021
182 Sint Maarten0.0%2021
183 Solomon Islands0.0%2021
184 Somalia0.0%2021
185 South Sudan0.0%2021
186 Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0%2021
187 Saint Lucia0.0%2021
188 Saint Martin0.0%2021
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0%2021
190 Sudan0.0%2021
191 Suriname0.0%2021
192 Switzerland0.0%2021
193 Syria0.0%2021
194 Tanzania0.0%2021
195 Timor-Leste0.0%2021
196 Togo0.0%2021
197 Tonga0.0%2021
198 Trinidad and Tobago0.0%2021
199 Tunisia0.0%2021
200 Turkmenistan0.0%2021
201 Turks and Caicos Islands0.0%2021
202 Tuvalu0.0%2021
203 Uganda0.0%2021
204 Uruguay0.0%2021
205 Vanuatu0.0%2021
206 Venezuela0.0%2021
207 United States Virgin Islands0.0%2021
208 Palestine0.0%2021
209 Yemen0.0%2021

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