Electricity from coal share
In 2024, Botswana had the highest share of electricity from coal: 98%.
Definition. The share of electricity generated from coal. How we measure
Source: Ember2024Updated 9 Nov 2026
Countries and territories with data, ranked
| 1 | Botswana | 98% | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kosovo | 91% | 2024 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 85% | 2024 |
| 4 | South Africa | 84% | 2024 |
| 5 | India | 75% | 2024 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 68% | 2024 |
| 7 | Philippines | 64% | 2024 |
| 8 | Serbia | 63% | 2024 |
| 9 | Morocco | 62% | 2024 |
| 10 | Cambodia | 61% | 2024 |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59% | 2024 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 58% | 2024 |
| 13 | China | 58% | 2024 |
| 14 | Poland | 54% | 2024 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 49% | 2024 |
| 16 | Australia | 45% | 2024 |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 43% | 2024 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 42% | 2024 |
| 19 | Montenegro | 40% | 2024 |
| 20 | Taiwan | 40% | 2024 |
| 21 | Mauritius | 39% | 2024 |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 37% | 2024 |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 37% | 2024 |
| 24 | Czechia | 36% | 2024 |
| 25 | Türkiye | 36% | 2024 |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 34% | 2024 |
| 27 | North Korea | 34% | 2024 |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 34% | 2024 |
| 29 | Japan | 32% | 2024 |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 30% | 2024 |
| 31 | South Korea | 30% | 2024 |
| 32 | Laos | 23% | 2024 |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 23% | 2024 |
| 34 | Germany | 22% | 2024 |
| 35 | Slovenia | 21% | 2024 |
| 36 | Madagascar | 21% | 2024 |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 20% | 2024 |
| 38 | Brunei | 20% | 2024 |
| 39 | Niger | 18% | 2024 |
| 40 | Russia | 17% | 2024 |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 16% | 2024 |
| 42 | Guatemala | 16% | 2024 |
| 43 | Thailand | 15% | 2024 |
| 44 | Chile | 15% | 2024 |
| 45 | Romania | 15% | 2024 |
| 46 | Rwanda | 15% | 2024 |
| 47 | United States | 15% | 2024 |
| 48 | Israel | 14% | 2024 |
| 49 | Pakistan | 13% | 2024 |
| 50 | Colombia | 12% | 2024 |
| 51 | Zambia | 11% | 2024 |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.7% | 2024 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 7% | 2024 |
| 54 | Hungary | 6.4% | 2024 |
| 55 | Netherlands | 6.1% | 2024 |
| 56 | Greece | 5.7% | 2024 |
| 57 | Myanmar | 5.5% | 2024 |
| 58 | Croatia | 5.2% | 2024 |
| 59 | Denmark | 5% | 2024 |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 4.5% | 2024 |
| 61 | Panama | 3.7% | 2024 |
| 62 | Mexico | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 63 | Eswatini | 3.3% | 2024 |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 3% | 2024 |
| 65 | New Zealand | 2.7% | 2024 |
| 66 | Canada | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 67 | Namibia | 2.4% | 2024 |
| 68 | Ireland | 2% | 2024 |
| 69 | Brazil | 1.9% | 2024 |
| 70 | Slovakia | 1.8% | 2024 |
| 71 | Italy | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 72 | Senegal | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 73 | Finland | 1% | 2024 |
| 74 | Singapore | 1% | 2024 |
| 75 | Spain | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 76 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 78 | Honduras | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 79 | Iran | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 80 | France | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 81 | Belarus | <0.1% | 2024 |
| 82 | Aruba | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Angola | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Albania | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Armenia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | American Samoa | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Austria | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Burundi | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Belgium | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Benin | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Bahrain | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Bahamas | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Belize | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Barbados | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Bhutan | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Switzerland | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Cameroon | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Republic of the Congo | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Cook Islands | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Cabo Verde | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Cuba | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Cayman Islands | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Cyprus | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Djibouti | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Algeria | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Egypt | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Eritrea | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Estonia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Fiji | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Gabon | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Georgia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Ghana | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Guinea | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Gambia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Grenada | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Greenland | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Guam | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Guyana | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Haiti | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Iraq | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Iceland | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Jordan | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Kenya | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Kuwait | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Liberia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Libya | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Lithuania | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Latvia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Macao | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Moldova | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Maldives | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Mali | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Malta | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Mozambique | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Mauritania | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Montserrat | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Malawi | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Nigeria | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Norway | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Nepal | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Nauru | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Oman | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Peru | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Portugal | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Palestine | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Qatar | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Sudan | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Somalia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | South Sudan | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Suriname | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Sweden | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Seychelles | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Syria | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Chad | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Togo | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Tonga | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Tunisia | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Tanzania | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Uganda | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Uruguay | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Venezuela | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Samoa | 0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Yemen | 0% | 2024 |
Source: Ember2024Updated 9 Nov 2026
Electricity from coal, 2024
under 2.7%2.7%–13%13%–23%23%–43%43%+
No data
193 of 209 countries and territories reported for 2024. The rest have no figure for that year yet; “Latest available” includes their most recent year, up to two years earlier.
Some countries have already reported 2025; it stays preliminary until most have.
Over time
The median country’s value ranged from 0% to 0% between 2010 and 2024.
The median of reporting countries and the five highest in 2024. Dashed: median.
Source: Ember2010–2024Updated 9 Nov 2026