Data for 2003
Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003
Figures for 2003, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 97.749; 119 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2002, 50 values changed (27 up, 23 down), 1 country joined.
Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2003
HighestMongolia
97.749Lowest119 countries share it
0.000Shaded 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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 171 countries · select a heading to sort
| MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 97.749 | 100.000 | 3.11 |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 97.115 | 100.000 | 1.04 |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 93.767 | 98.500 | 150.01 |
 ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 79.556 | 82.695 | 1,910.57 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 79.346 | 79.643 | 6.73 |
 Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 77.844 | 100.000 | 35.43 |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 76.722 | 99.915 | 47.04 |
 NigerNERWestern Africa | 75.000 | 100.000 | 0.20 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 72.125 | 74.489 | 34.26 |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 61.400 | 89.717 | 57.28 |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 61.324 | 66.494 | 82.79 |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 55.058 | 82.445 | 45.97 |
 United StatesUSANorthern America | 51.015 | 71.235 | 3,868.94 |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 45.506 | 52.058 | 42.28 |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 42.560 | 66.867 | 54.84 |
 North KoreaPRKEastern Asia | 39.703 | 44.444 | 20.88 |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 39.135 | 39.249 | 8.79 |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 36.949 | 40.058 | 13.83 |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 31.321 | 61.845 | 46.39 |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 29.044 | 54.283 | 257.30 |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 28.221 | 66.585 | 52.94 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 27.831 | 91.641 | 95.47 |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 26.868 | 66.774 | 34.13 |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 24.970 | 95.369 | 24.83 |
 MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 23.923 | 72.727 | 2.09 |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 23.112 | 74.516 | 139.54 |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 22.841 | 50.415 | 84.28 |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 19.238 | 30.794 | 30.98 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 18.237 | 58.511 | 13.16 |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 14.559 | 39.210 | 57.97 |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 14.038 | 51.230 | 6.91 |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 13.557 | 83.631 | 286.27 |
 Puerto RicoPRICaribbean | 12.207 | 99.582 | 23.92 |
 MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 11.624 | 61.624 | 5.42 |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 11.535 | 41.869 | 83.57 |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 10.465 | 50.075 | 46.63 |
 AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 9.890 | 30.769 | 0.91 |
 New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia | 9.714 | 81.714 | 1.75 |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 9.520 | 90.409 | 14.18 |
 New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 8.150 | 33.911 | 40.37 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 6.082 | 21.385 | 46.20 |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 4.697 | 10.121 | 559.13 |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 4.083 | 83.238 | 48.74 |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 3.821 | 13.342 | 15.44 |
 PeruPERSouth America | 3.358 | 18.317 | 22.93 |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 3.125 | 4.688 | 0.64 |
 TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 2.583 | 4.059 | 2.71 |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 2.105 | 6.825 | 135.39 |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 0.699 | 0.699 | 1.43 |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 0.244 | 63.511 | 82.08 |
 ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.240 | 0.721 | 8.32 |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.037 | 0.600 | 106.67 |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 0.000 | 2.103 | 5.23 |
 AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 0.000 | 99.121 | 29.57 |
 American SamoaASMPolynesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.19 |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 37.688 | 1.99 |
 Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.21 |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 0.000 | 28.679 | 5.30 |
 ArubaABWCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.84 |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 0.000 | 88.523 | 21.26 |
 BahamasBHSCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 2.00 |
 BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 15.70 |
 BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 0.000 | 94.420 | 20.07 |
 BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.87 |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 0.000 | 99.887 | 26.63 |
 BelizeBLZCentral America | 0.000 | 62.500 | 0.16 |
 BeninBENWestern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.08 |
 BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.50 |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.000 | 53.349 | 4.33 |
 British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.14 |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 3.20 |
 Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.000 | 77.778 | 0.45 |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.10 |
 Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.19 |
 CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.000 | 93.750 | 0.64 |
 CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 4.384 | 3.65 |
 Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.51 |
 Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 27.273 | 0.11 |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.11 |
 ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.04 |
 Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.03 |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America | 0.000 | 2.192 | 7.30 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 0.000 | 64.370 | 5.08 |
 CubaCUBCaribbean | 0.000 | 94.624 | 15.81 |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 4.05 |
 DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.20 |
 DominicaDMACaribbean | 0.000 | 62.500 | 0.08 |
 DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 0.164 | 6.11 |
 EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.000 | 38.066 | 11.48 |
 Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 85.714 | 0.07 |
 EritreaERIEastern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.28 |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 0.000 | 99.508 | 10.16 |
 Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe | 0.000 | 66.667 | 0.24 |
 FijiFJIMelanesia | 0.000 | 45.977 | 0.87 |
 French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia | 0.000 | 68.085 | 0.47 |
 GabonGABMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 41.176 | 1.53 |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.17 |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.000 | 9.014 | 7.10 |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 0.000 | 34.354 | 5.88 |
 GreenlandGRLNorthern America | 0.000 | 41.935 | 0.31 |
 GrenadaGRDCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.16 |
 GuamGUMMicronesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 1.78 |
 GuineaGINWestern Africa | 0.000 | 53.488 | 0.86 |
 Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.02 |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 0.000 | 98.780 | 0.82 |
 HaitiHTICaribbean | 0.000 | 52.830 | 0.53 |
 HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.000 | 58.974 | 4.68 |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.000 | 0.118 | 8.44 |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 0.000 | 98.482 | 28.33 |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 0.000 | 97.493 | 7.18 |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.000 | 99.377 | 8.03 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 0.000 | 18.066 | 5.48 |
 KiribatiKIRMicronesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.02 |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 39.80 |
 LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.000 | 10.159 | 3.15 |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.000 | 41.058 | 3.97 |
 LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 0.000 | 89.559 | 12.93 |
 LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.32 |
 LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.20 |
 LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 18.95 |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 0.000 | 15.994 | 18.82 |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.000 | 94.982 | 2.79 |
 MacauMACEastern Asia | 0.000 | 91.667 | 1.80 |
 MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 0.000 | 36.458 | 0.96 |
 MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 0.000 | 7.634 | 1.31 |
 MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.22 |
 MaliMLIWestern Africa | 0.000 | 74.775 | 1.11 |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.000 | 100.000 | 2.24 |
 MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 0.000 | 92.000 | 0.50 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.000 | 93.761 | 5.77 |
 MontserratMSRCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.01 |
 MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 0.000 | 0.278 | 10.79 |
 NauruNRUMicronesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.03 |
 NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.26 |
 NicaraguaNICCentral America | 0.000 | 72.593 | 2.70 |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 0.000 | 63.069 | 20.20 |
 OmanOMNWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 10.71 |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.34 |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 0.000 | 49.013 | 5.57 |
 Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 0.000 | 69.876 | 3.22 |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 0.000 | 0.000 | 51.77 |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 12.01 |
 Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 15.000 | 0.40 |
 RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.000 | 33.333 | 0.18 |
 Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.18 |
 Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.30 |
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean | 0.000 | 81.818 | 0.11 |
 SamoaWSMPolynesia | 0.000 | 50.000 | 0.10 |
 São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa | 0.000 | 75.000 | 0.04 |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa | 0.000 | 83.691 | 2.33 |
 SeychellesSYCEastern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.23 |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 0.000 | 86.667 | 0.15 |
 SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia | 0.000 | 97.197 | 35.32 |
 Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.06 |
 SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.28 |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 0.000 | 63.112 | 3.47 |
 SurinameSURSouth America | 0.000 | 42.308 | 1.30 |
 SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 0.000 | 90.822 | 30.40 |
 TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 0.000 | 1.030 | 16.51 |
 TogoTGOWestern Africa | 0.000 | 33.333 | 0.18 |
 TongaTONPolynesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.04 |
 Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 0.000 | 99.845 | 6.44 |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 0.000 | 98.316 | 11.28 |
 TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 10.80 |
 Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.11 |
 UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 0.000 | 0.556 | 1.80 |
 United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean | 0.000 | 100.000 | 1.04 |
 UruguayURYSouth America | 0.000 | 0.117 | 8.58 |
 VanuatuVUTMelanesia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 0.05 |
 VenezuelaVENSouth America | 0.000 | 34.171 | 91.95 |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia | 0.000 | 100.000 | 4.10 |
02In 2003
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- Mongolia97.749
- Botswana97.115
- Poland93.767
- China79.556
- North Macedonia79.346
Lowest
- Yemenshared0.000
- Samoashared0.000
- Vanuatushared0.000
- United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
- 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)
Highest47 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 75.000
Total generation (TWh)
Highest
United States3,868.94Lowest
Montserrat0.01Middle country: 4.05
032002 → 2003
Since 2002
What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 50values changed, of 170 in both
- 27 · 23rose · fell
- 120unchanged
Rose most
- Hong Kong63.891 → 77.844+13.953
- Denmark46.701 → 55.058+8.357
- Puerto Rico4.275 → 12.207+7.932
- Finland16.965 → 22.841+5.876
- Dominican Republic4.245 → 9.520+5.275
Fell most
- Zimbabwe55.478 → 39.135−16.343
- New Caledonia16.000 → 9.714−6.286
- Philippines33.285 → 28.221−5.064
- Spain33.838 → 29.044−4.794
- North Macedonia84.072 → 79.346−4.726
+ North KoreaChanges 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
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
53 distinct values among 171
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 171 countries has every column.
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07Questions
Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003: questions and answers
Which country has the highest coal power in Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003?
Mongolia, at 97.749, of the 171 countries in the file.
What year does Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 describe?
2003.
How many countries does Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 cover?
171.
Where can I download Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003?
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Is Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2024.