Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) - Country Ranking

Definition: 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.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Botswana 96.36 2015
2 Mongolia 92.74 2015
3 South Africa 92.71 2015
4 Poland 80.91 2015
5 India 75.31 2015
6 Serbia 72.43 2015
7 Kazakhstan 71.57 2015
8 China 70.31 2015
9 Hong Kong SAR, China 65.44 2015
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63.98 2015
11 Australia 62.87 2015
12 North Macedonia 58.36 2015
13 Indonesia 55.78 2015
14 Morocco 55.53 2015
15 Czech Republic 53.06 2015
16 Montenegro 50.35 2015
17 Cambodia 48.40 2015
18 Zimbabwe 46.78 2015
19 Bulgaria 46.21 2015
20 Israel 45.40 2015
21 Philippines 44.51 2015
22 Germany 44.26 2015
23 Korea 43.08 2015
24 Greece 42.66 2015
25 Malaysia 42.28 2015
26 Niger 41.62 2015
27 Mauritius 39.44 2015
28 Netherlands 38.65 2015
29 Chile 37.14 2015
30 Ukraine 34.58 2015
31 United States 34.23 2015
32 Sri Lanka 33.71 2015
33 Japan 33.15 2015
34 Slovenia 29.59 2015
35 Vietnam 29.57 2015
36 Turkey 29.10 2015
37 Portugal 28.72 2015
38 Romania 27.64 2015
39 Denmark 24.54 2015
40 United Kingdom 22.81 2015
41 Guatemala 21.36 2015
42 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 21.29 2015
43 Croatia 20.56 2015
44 Hungary 19.47 2015
45 Thailand 19.45 2015
46 Spain 18.96 2015
47 Ireland 17.35 2015
48 Italy 16.12 2015
49 Russia 14.82 2015
50 Kyrgyz Republic 13.22 2015
51 Dominican Republic 12.86 2015
52 Slovak Republic 12.51 2015
53 Colombia 11.85 2015
54 Mexico 10.87 2015
55 Canada 9.84 2015
56 Finland 8.30 2015
57 Austria 8.23 2015
58 Panama 6.92 2015
59 Belgium 6.11 2015
60 Estonia 5.33 2015
61 Brazil 4.72 2015
62 New Zealand 4.25 2015
63 Uzbekistan 4.09 2015
64 France 2.16 2015
65 Argentina 2.03 2015
66 Myanmar 1.78 2015
67 Bangladesh 1.69 2015
68 Tajikistan 1.53 2015
69 Singapore 1.20 2015
70 Honduras 1.04 2015
71 Peru 0.84 2015
72 Sweden 0.67 2015
73 Namibia 0.46 2015
74 Iran 0.16 2015
75 Pakistan 0.14 2015
76 Norway 0.10 2015
77 Nepal 0.00 2015
77 Oman 0.00 2015
77 Malta 0.00 2015
77 Qatar 0.00 2015
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 2015
77 Tunisia 0.00 2015
77 Syrian Arab Republic 0.00 2015
77 Togo 0.00 2015
77 Uruguay 0.00 2015
77 Nicaragua 0.00 2015
77 Haiti 0.00 2015
77 Kuwait 0.00 2015
77 Libya 0.00 2015
77 Iraq 0.00 2015
77 Jamaica 0.00 2015
77 Kenya 0.00 2015
77 Brunei 0.00 2015
77 Switzerland 0.00 2015
77 Costa Rica 0.00 2015
77 Cyprus 0.00 2015
77 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.00 2015
77 Ethiopia 0.00 2015
77 Gabon 0.00 2015
77 Algeria 0.00 2015
77 Ecuador 0.00 2015
77 Egypt 0.00 2015
77 Eritrea 0.00 2015
77 Iceland 0.00 2015
77 Jordan 0.00 2015
77 Moldova 0.00 2015
77 Lebanon 0.00 2015
77 Lithuania 0.00 2015
77 Luxembourg 0.00 2015
77 Latvia 0.00 2015
77 Georgia 0.00 2015
77 Ghana 0.00 2015
77 Angola 0.00 2015
77 Albania 0.00 2015
77 Bahrain 0.00 2015
77 Bolivia 0.00 2015
77 Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 2015
77 Cameroon 0.00 2015
77 Congo 0.00 2015
77 Cuba 0.00 2015
77 Belarus 0.00 2015
77 Armenia 0.00 2015
77 Azerbaijan 0.00 2015
77 Benin 0.00 2015
77 Venezuela 0.00 2015
77 Yemen 0.00 2015
77 Zambia 0.00 2015
77 United Arab Emirates 0.00 2015
77 Turkmenistan 0.00 2015
77 Tanzania 0.00 2015
77 Nigeria 0.00 2015
77 Mozambique 0.00 2015
77 Paraguay 0.00 2015
77 Suriname 0.00 2015
77 Saudi Arabia 0.00 2015
77 Sudan 0.00 2015
77 Senegal 0.00 2015
77 El Salvador 0.00 2015

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Development Relevance: Since the beginning of the 21st century, coal has been the fastest-growing global energy source; it currently provides about 40 percent of the world's electricity needs. Coal is the second source of primary energy in the world after oil, and the first source of electricity generation.. The last decade's growth in coal use has been driven by the economic growth of developing economies, mainly China. Irrespective of its economic benefits for the countries, the environmental impact of coal use, especially that coming from carbon dioxide emissions, is significant, and efforts are underway globally to build more efficient plants, to retrofit old plants and to decommission the oldest and least efficient coal plants. Use of energy is important in improving people's standard of living. But electricity generation also can damage the environment. Whether such damage occurs depends largely on how electricity is generated. For example, burning coal releases twice as much carbon dioxide - a major contributor to global warming - as does burning an equivalent amount of natural gas. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions result primarily from fossil fuel combustion and cement manufacturing. In combustion different fossil fuels release different amounts of carbon dioxide for the same level of energy use: oil releases about 50 percent more carbon dioxide than natural gas, and coal releases about twice as much. Nuclear energy does not generate carbon dioxide emissions, but it produces other dangerous waste products.

Limitations and Exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Electricity production is total number of kWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.