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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002

Figures for 2002, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 97.735; 119 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2001, 51 values changed (28 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

Share

Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2002

HighestMongolia

97.735

Lowest119 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002: every country, as published by Ember.
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia97.735100.003.09
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa97.391100.001.15
PolandPOLEastern Europe93.29898.06142.49
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe84.07287.526.09
ChinaCHNEastern Asia77.54480.861,654.00
IsraelISRWestern Asia77.14399.9345.50
NigerNERWestern Africa73.684100.000.19
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe67.87070.1333.24
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe65.67171.4176.00
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe64.78693.2953.36
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia63.891100.0034.23
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa55.47855.598.58
United StatesUSANorthern America50.28770.963,844.23
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe46.70182.6339.10
BulgariaBGREastern Europe40.82746.9142.08
RomaniaROUEastern Europe37.32160.3854.42
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe36.30138.7714.60
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.83859.91239.91
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe33.39278.6445.55
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia33.28564.3648.46
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe27.50094.4424.80
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe27.46291.6694.64
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa26.02072.451.96
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia25.02773.56128.46
HungaryHUNEastern Europe24.84160.7836.15

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mongolia97.735
  2. Botswana97.391
  3. Poland93.298
  4. North Macedonia84.072
  5. China77.544

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Vanuatushared0.000
  4. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  5. British Virgin Islandsshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Fossil fuels (% of generation)

    Highest46 share it

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 79.32

  • Total generation (TWh)

    HighestUnited States3,844.23

    LowestMontserrat0.01

    Middle country: 3.74

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 51values changed, of 170 in both
  • 28 · 23rose · fell
  • 119unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • 52 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 119 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Ember (2002). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2002

0625 held

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07Questions

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest coal power in Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002?

Mongolia, at 97.735, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 cover?

170.

Where can I download Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2024.

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