Data for 2019

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2019

Figures for 2019, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Botswana is highest, at 99.60; 110 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2018, 64 values changed (32 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2019

HighestBotswana

99.60

Lowest110 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
64distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2019: every country, as published by Ember.

BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	99.60	99.60	2.51
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	84.73	90.06	6.94
PolandPOLEastern Europe	72.38	84.40	163.22
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	69.40	71.49	36.86
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	65.12	68.84	7,471.53
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	59.80	77.17	5.87
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	57.01	99.57	36.94
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	54.60	79.21	106.03
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	49.71	53.60	23.88
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	47.76	48.35	8.48
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	45.35	86.19	3.33
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	43.73	43.73	3.43
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	43.55	52.98	85.72
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	43.02	51.44	8.67
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	39.34	44.99	43.72
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	37.60	56.20	300.18
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	36.52	36.52	31.24
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	36.22	78.33	3.23
ChileCHLSouth America	33.50	53.79	83.98
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31.97	36.14	12.70
IsraelISRWestern Asia	30.12	95.17	72.71
NigerNERWestern Africa	29.85	97.02	0.67
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	28.19	31.66	15.89
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	25.28	66.42	47.95
United StatesUSANorthern America	23.21	62.24	4,158.38
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	23.16	38.89	58.76
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	19.43	61.54	2.47
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	19.16	63.07	134.97
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	18.38	96.19	19.15
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	16.73	87.45	21.28
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	14.74	77.75	120.05
SenegalSENWestern Africa	13.06	86.60	5.82
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	12.96	33.99	12.65
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	11.76	38.77	34.28
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	11.70	43.74	19.32
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	11.29	15.35	14.79
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	11.27	21.45	29.37
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	10.72	46.88	51.60
ColombiaCOLSouth America	10.32	30.52	78.78
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	9.74	100.00	4.93
PanamaPANCentral America	9.19	47.25	11.64
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	8.30	22.26	28.21
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	8.16	8.16	0.49
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	7.55	8.42	14.97
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	7.06	8.54	20.96
ItalyITASouthern Europe	6.50	60.06	289.99
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.36	18.74	68.61
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	6.01	89.82	63.56
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	5.48	12.33	1.46
SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.75	41.10	270.52
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.63	17.58	43.75
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2.90	3.62	1.38
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.35	49.41	0.85
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	2.12	22.71	70.69
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	1.65	61.29	30.87
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1.53	98.60	85.11
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	1.20	97.21	54.14
FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.64	9.48	565.52
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.47	47.09	10.66
PeruPERSouth America	0.28	39.46	56.87
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.13	1.99	168.42
BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.07	97.43	40.46
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.03	2.06	133.83
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.00	0.00	5.20
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.00	98.93	81.61
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.00	100.00	0.16
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.00	26.80	15.82
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.00	97.22	0.36
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.00	40.72	7.49
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.00	82.83	0.99
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.00	93.10	25.95
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.00	100.00	2.01
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.00	99.94	33.11
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.00	96.23	1.06
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.00	32.06	92.69
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.00	13.46	0.52
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.00	98.15	0.54
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.00	0.00	8.65
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.00	63.84	10.37
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.16
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.00	83.75	1.60
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.00	30.77	0.39
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.00	81.82	0.44
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.00	38.53	8.28
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.00	97.22	0.72
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.15
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.00	94.29	0.35
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.11
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.00	75.00	0.04
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.00	0.88	11.42
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.00	66.89	10.66
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.00	95.70	20.70
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.00	89.90	5.15
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.09
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.00	85.71	0.14
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.00	0.09	11.79
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.00	22.22	32.45
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.00	67.86	1.40
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.00	87.50	0.40
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.00	71.88	7.61
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	0.00	60.53	0.38
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.00	42.11	1.14
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	0.00	71.01	0.69
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.00	53.52	2.84
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.46
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.00	23.95	11.86
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.00	57.69	17.30
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	0.00	16.33	0.49
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.24
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.00	95.43	1.75
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.00	36.10	2.05
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.08
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.00	96.52	1.15
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.00	83.96	1.06
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.00	0.00	19.36
IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.00	95.64	115.21
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.00	87.28	4.64
JordanJORWestern Asia	0.00	85.58	20.53
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.00	11.33	11.56
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.00	75.00	0.04
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.00	99.87	75.04
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.00	50.47	6.44
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.00	94.81	21.59
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.39
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.00	69.05	0.42
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.00	99.97	34.63
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.00	26.05	3.34
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.00	25.23	1.07
MacauMACEastern Asia	0.00	73.81	0.84
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.00	3.89	1.80
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.00	96.30	0.81
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.00	61.68	3.81
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.00	89.86	2.07
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.00	70.06	1.57
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.00	93.50	5.69
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.00	20.64	18.99
NauruNRUMicronesia	0.00	100.00	0.04
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.00	0.00	6.15
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.00	43.01	4.58
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.00	76.66	36.46
OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.00	99.85	38.89
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.00	85.19	0.81
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.00	73.60	4.28
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.00	0.00	49.59
QatarQATWestern Asia	0.00	99.74	50.00
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.00	72.24	3.89
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.00	95.65	0.23
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.00	97.62	0.42
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.00	86.67	0.15
SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.00	58.82	0.17
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.00	90.91	0.11
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.00	92.98	0.57
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.00	5.00	0.20
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.00	100.00	0.10
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.00	94.60	0.37
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.55
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.00	36.25	16.22
SurinameSURSouth America	0.00	52.45	2.04
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.00	96.51	22.32
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.00	66.80	7.77
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.00	78.69	0.61
TongaTONPolynesia	0.00	85.71	0.07
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.00	99.89	9.20
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.00	96.87	22.02
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.00	100.00	22.50
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.00	100.00	0.26
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.00	3.06	4.58
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.00	98.49	0.66
UruguayURYSouth America	0.00	1.74	16.07
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.00	66.67	0.09
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.00	41.62	85.15
YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.00	85.37	3.28

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Botswana99.60
Mongolia84.73
Poland72.38
Serbia69.40
China65.12

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
British Virgin Islandsshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest15 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 69.05
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.94

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 173 in both
32 · 32rose · fell
109unchanged

Rose most

Brunei0.00 → 9.74+9.74
North Macedonia50.80 → 59.80+8.99
Pakistan12.22 → 19.16+6.94
Cambodia37.41 → 43.02+5.61
Dominican Republic11.63 → 16.73+5.10

Fell most

Denmark21.75 → 11.27−10.48
Portugal20.58 → 10.72−9.87
Netherlands24.39 → 14.74−9.65
Spain13.76 → 4.75−9.00
Greece32.67 → 25.28−7.40

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

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 110 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2019). Coal Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/coal-electricity/2019

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