Japan vs Turkey: Share of electricity generation from coal
Japan
32.1%
in 2025
Turkey
34.3%
in 2025
Japan rank
25th
Turkey rank
22nd
Share of electricity generation from coal over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 34.3% against 32.1% in Japan, a difference of 2.2%.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Turkey ahead.
Japan ranks 25th and Turkey ranks 22nd of 207 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.8% | 39.5% | 24.8% | Turkey |
| 1990s | 16.2% | 33.7% | 17.5% | Turkey |
| 2000s | 26.0% | 27.2% | 1.2% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 31.7% | 31.1% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 2020s | 33.0% | 34.9% | 1.9% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of electricity generation from coal, Japan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 34.3% against 32.1% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of electricity generation from coal between Japan and Turkey?
- 2.2%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for share of electricity generation from coal?
- Japan ranks 25th and Turkey ranks 22nd of 207 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Ember (2026) and other sources β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of electricity generation from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.