Botswana vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Electricity production from coal sources
Electricity production from coal sources over time
- Botswana
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 98.9% against 59.8% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 39.1%.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.7 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 1st and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th of 210 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.4% | 63.6% | 32.8% | Botswana |
| 2000s | 98.3% | 69.8% | 28.5% | Botswana |
| 2010s | 94.6% | 67.4% | 27.3% | Botswana |
| 2020s | 97.4% | 60.6% | 36.8% | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity production from coal sources, Botswana or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Botswana, at 98.9% against 59.8% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in electricity production from coal sources between Botswana and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- 39.1%, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for electricity production from coal sources?
- Botswana ranks 1st and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th of 210 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as Electricity production from coal sources (% of total). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.