Share of electricity generation from coal by country

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.

Countries reporting
206
Highest
98.3%
Botswana
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.0%
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,128

What the numbers show

Share of electricity generation from coal is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 98.3% in Botswana; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 9.2%.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 11,046.2%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

Share of electricity generation from coal: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 98.3% 2024 up 2.7% flat
2 Mongolia 85.8% 2025 down 6.6% falling
3 South Africa 81.4% 2025 down 10.5% falling
4 India 70.8% 2025 down 7.8% rising
5 Serbia 65.0% 2025 down 10.0% flat
6 Morocco 61.5% 2025 up 7.5% falling
7 Indonesia 61.5% 2024 up 22.2% rising
8 Philippines 58.7% 2025 up 31.8% rising
9 Cambodia 56.6% 2025 up 19.3% volatile
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.4% 2025 down 15.7% rising
11 China 54.3% 2025 down 21.9% falling
12 Kazakhstan 54.3% 2025 down 23.2% falling
13 Poland 50.4% 2025 down 36.6% falling
14 Vietnam 48.1% 2025 up 38.1% volatile
15 Malaysia 44.6% 2025 up 5.4% volatile
16 Zimbabwe 42.9% 2024 down 3.9% falling
17 Australia 42.7% 2025 down 33.1% falling
18 Mauritius 39.3% 2024 down 8.3% rising
19 New Caledonia 36.5% 2024 up 42.8% volatile
20 Taiwan 36.3% 2025 down 21.9% rising
21 Czechia 35.2% 2025 down 29.4% falling
22 Turkey 34.3% 2025 up 17.9% falling
23 North Korea 34.1% 2024 down 8.7% falling
24 Hong Kong 33.7% 2024 down 56.0% falling
25 Japan 32.1% 2025 down 5.6% rising
26 South Korea 31.1% 2025 down 26.7% rising
27 North Macedonia 30.6% 2025 down 47.5% falling
28 Dominican Republic 29.1% 2025 up 126.4% volatile
29 Sri Lanka 27.5% 2025 down 18.4% rising
30 Montenegro 24.4% 2025 down 51.5% flat
31 Laos 23.3% 2024 volatile
32 Bulgaria 22.5% 2025 down 51.3% falling
33 Bangladesh 21.5% 2025 up 1,175.2% volatile
34 Ukraine 20.9% 2022 down 48.3% falling
35 Germany 20.6% 2025 down 51.6% falling
36 Madagascar 20.6% 2024 up 293.2% volatile
37 Brunei 19.8% 2024 volatile
38 Russia 18.4% 2025 up 23.9% rising
39 Niger 17.9% 2024 down 67.8% falling
40 Thailand 17.8% 2025 down 8.3% falling
41 Chile 17.8% 2025 down 52.5% rising
42 Puerto Rico 16.5% 2025 up 6.0% rising
43 United States 16.3% 2025 down 50.7% falling
44 Guatemala 15.8% 2024 down 10.4% rising
45 Rwanda 15.0% 2024 volatile
46 Pakistan 14.8% 2025 up 11,046.2% volatile
47 Slovenia 14.7% 2025 down 50.4% falling
48 Romania 13.4% 2025 down 51.4% falling
50 Reunion 13.0% 2023 down 71.1% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 12.6% 2025 down 5.3% rising
52 Zambia 10.8% 2024 volatile
53 Netherlands 7.1% 2025 down 80.4% falling
54 Uzbekistan 6.6% 2025 up 94.6% rising
55 Colombia 6.1% 2025 down 32.4% rising
56 Myanmar 5.5% 2024 up 174.3% volatile
57 Croatia 5.0% 2025 down 75.8% volatile
58 Greece 4.7% 2025 down 89.1% falling
59 Tajikistan 4.7% 2025 up 399.9% volatile
60 Canada 4.1% 2025 down 58.4% falling
61 Panama 3.7% 2024 down 49.8% volatile
62 Hungary 3.4% 2025 down 82.0% falling
63 Israel 3.4% 2025 down 92.5% falling
64 Eswatini 3.3% 2024 down 21.3% volatile
65 Mexico 3.0% 2025 down 72.0% falling
66 Afghanistan 3.0% 2024 down 68.0% volatile
67 Denmark 2.7% 2025 down 89.2% volatile
68 Namibia 2.4% 2024 volatile
69 Brazil 2.3% 2025 down 50.7% rising
70 Argentina 1.8% 2025 up 12.0% falling
71 Italy 1.4% 2025 down 90.9% falling
72 Senegal 1.3% 2024 up 173.9% volatile
73 New Zealand 1.1% 2025 down 60.0% volatile
74 Slovakia 1.1% 2025 down 90.0% falling
75 Singapore 0.9% 2025 down 20.6% volatile
77 Honduras 0.5% 2024 down 69.3% volatile
78 Spain 0.3% 2025 down 98.3% volatile
79 France 0.3% 2025 down 85.3% volatile
80 Finland 0.2% 2025 down 97.4% falling
81 Iran 0.2% 2025 up 12.4% rising
82 United Kingdom 0.1% 2025 down 99.5% falling
83 Belarus 0.0% 2025 down 63.2% volatile
84 Peru 0.0% 2025 down 98.1% volatile
85 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Angola 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Albania 0.0% 2024 flat
85 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2024 volatile
85 Armenia 0.0% 2025 flat
85 American Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Austria 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
85 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Burundi 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Belgium 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
85 Benin 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Belize 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Bolivia 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Barbados 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Switzerland 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Congo 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Comoros 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Costa Rica 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Cuba 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Cyprus 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Dominica 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Algeria 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Ecuador 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Egypt 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Estonia 0.0% 2025 volatile
85 Ethiopia 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Fiji 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Gabon 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Georgia 0.0% 2025 volatile
85 Ghana 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Gibraltar 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Guam 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Guyana 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Haiti 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Iraq 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Iceland 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Jordan 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Kenya 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Kuwait 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Lebanon 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Liberia 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Libya 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Lesotho 0.0% 2022 flat
85 Lithuania 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Latvia 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Macao 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Moldova 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Mali 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Malawi 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Nigeria 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Norway 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% falling
85 Nepal 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Oman 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Portugal 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
85 Paraguay 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Palestine 0.0% 2024 flat
85 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Qatar 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Somalia 0.0% 2024 flat
85 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Suriname 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Sweden 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
85 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Syria 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Chad 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Togo 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2024 flat
85 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Tunisia 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Tanzania 0.0% 2024 volatile
85 Uganda 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Uruguay 0.0% 2025 flat
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Venezuela 0.0% 2024 flat
85 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
85 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Vanuatu 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Yemen 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Western Sahara 0.0% 2009 flat
85 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
85 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Saint Helena 0.0% 2023 flat
85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from coal
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,128 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.