Electricity production from coal
Coal remains the largest single source of electricity worldwide and the largest source of power-sector emissions.
Namibia, 2024, ranked 74 of 209
1.7%
% of total
Since 2014
+1.4
percentage points, up from 0.2%
Namibia, its region and the world
- Namibia
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Sub-Saharan AfricaWorldNamibia View data table
| Year | Namibia | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 15.1% | – |
| 2024 | 1.7% | 34.5% | 42.9% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | 35.5% | 40.6% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | 35.8% | 42.1% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | 36.0% | 42.1% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | 35.2% | 44.6% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | 36.8% | 47.0% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | 38.0% | 49.0% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | 38.5% | 50.2% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | 38.2% | 50.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | 39.1% | 51.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | 40.8% | 52.9% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | 41.0% | 55.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | 40.2% | 57.7% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | 41.0% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | 40.1% | 60.4% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | 40.1% | 61.4% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | 40.7% | 63.1% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | 41.2% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | 40.5% | 64.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | 39.9% | 64.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | 39.4% | 64.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | 39.9% | 65.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | 38.8% | 64.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | 38.5% | 65.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | 38.6% | 66.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | 37.8% | 67.7% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | 38.0% | 69.0% |
| 1997 | 2.3% | 38.3% | 70.5% |
| 1996 | 2.4% | 38.2% | 70.8% |
| 1995 | 2.1% | 37.6% | 70.3% |
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
- South Asia 69.1% 2024
- Sub-Saharan Africa 42.9% 2024
- East Asia & Pacific 31.4% 2025
- North America 15.4% 2025
- World 15.1% 2025
- Europe & Central Asia 10.7% 2025
- Middle East & North Africa 9.3% 2025
- Latin America & Caribbean 4.5% 2025
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
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Ranking of all 209 economies
| # | Economy | % of total | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 95.4% | 2024 |
| 2 | Kosovo | 93.4% | 2021 |
| 3 | South Africa | 85.0% | 2024 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 84.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 77.1% | 2024 |
| 6 | India | 72.3% | 2024 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 70.5% | 2024 |
| 8 | Philippines | 62.5% | 2024 |
| 9 | Serbia | 62.1% | 2024 |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.0% | 2024 |
| 11 | China | 58.6% | 2024 |
| 12 | Morocco | 58.2% | 2024 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 56.1% | 2024 |
| 14 | Cambodia | 52.9% | 2024 |
| 15 | Poland | 51.8% | 2025 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 47.5% | 2024 |
| 17 | Australia | 43.8% | 2025 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 43.1% | 2024 |
| 19 | Estonia | 41.9% | 2025 |
| 20 | Montenegro | 40.3% | 2024 |
| 21 | Mauritius | 39.1% | 2024 |
| 22 | New Caledonia | 39.0% | 2021 |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 37.5% | 2024 |
| 24 | North Korea | 35.1% | 2024 |
| 25 | Czechia | 34.9% | 2025 |
| 26 | Türkiye | 33.4% | 2025 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 32.6% | 2024 |
| 28 | South Korea | 32.0% | 2025 |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 29.8% | 2024 |
| 30 | Japan | 28.6% | 2025 |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 27.9% | 2024 |
| 32 | Niger | 27.0% | 2024 |
| 33 | Laos | 24.2% | 2024 |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 22.8% | 2024 |
| 35 | Germany | 22.1% | 2025 |
| 36 | Brunei | 20.5% | 2024 |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 20.0% | 2024 |
| 38 | Guatemala | 19.6% | 2024 |
| 39 | Madagascar | 18.5% | 2024 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 18.3% | 2024 |
| 41 | Russia | 18.2% | 2024 |
| 42 | Zambia | 17.4% | 2024 |
| 43 | United States | 17.2% | 2025 |
| 44 | Chile | 17.0% | 2025 |
| 45 | Pakistan | 16.8% | 2024 |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 16.6% | 2021 |
| 47 | Rwanda | 16.1% | 2024 |
| 48 | Thailand | 15.5% | 2024 |
| 49 | Jordan | 14.4% | 2024 |
| 50 | Panama | 14.3% | 2023 |
| 51 | Romania | 13.3% | 2024 |
| 52 | Slovenia | 13.0% | 2025 |
| 53 | Senegal | 12.3% | 2024 |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2024 |
| 55 | Netherlands | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 56 | Israel | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 58 | Myanmar | 7.3% | 2024 |
| 59 | Mexico | 7.2% | 2025 |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 6.1% | 2024 |
| 61 | Colombia | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 62 | Croatia | 5.2% | 2024 |
| 63 | Greece | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 64 | New Zealand | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 65 | Hungary | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 66 | Belgium | 3.2% | 2025 |
| 67 | Austria | 2.5% | 2025 |
| 68 | Eswatini | 2.5% | 2024 |
| 69 | Canada | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 70 | Slovakia | 2.4% | 2025 |
| 71 | Brazil | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 72 | Denmark | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 73 | Finland | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 74 | Namibia | 1.7% | 2024 |
| 75 | Portugal | 1.6% | 2021 |
| 76 | Italy | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 77 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2025 |
| 78 | Singapore | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 79 | Ireland | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 80 | Spain | 0.7% | 2025 |
| 81 | Honduras | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2022 |
| 83 | France | 0.4% | 2025 |
| 84 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2025 |
| 85 | Iran | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 2025 |
| 87 | Norway | 0.1% | 2025 |
| 88 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 89 | Peru | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 90 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 92 | Albania | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 93 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 94 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 95 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 96 | Angola | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 98 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 99 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 101 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 102 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 103 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 104 | Belize | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 105 | Benin | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 106 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 107 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 108 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 110 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 112 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 113 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 115 | Chad | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 116 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 117 | DR Congo | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 118 | Congo | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 120 | Ivory Coast | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 122 | Curaçao | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 123 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 124 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 125 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 126 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 127 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 128 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 129 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 130 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 132 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 133 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 135 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 136 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 137 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 138 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 139 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2015 |
| 140 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 141 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 142 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 143 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 145 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 146 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 147 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 148 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 149 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 150 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 151 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 152 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 153 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 154 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 156 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 157 | Libya | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 158 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 161 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 162 | Mali | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 163 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 164 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 165 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 166 | Micronesia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 167 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 168 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 169 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 171 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 172 | Oman | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 173 | Palau | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 175 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 176 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 177 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 178 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 179 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 180 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 182 | Sint Maarten | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 184 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 185 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 188 | Saint Martin | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 190 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 191 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 192 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 193 | Syria | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 194 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 196 | Togo | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 197 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 198 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 199 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 200 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 201 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 203 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 204 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 205 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 206 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 207 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 208 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 209 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2021 |