Botswana Coal Usage/Consumption 1981-2024

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.
  • Botswana coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 96.36%, a 0.68% increase from 2014.
  • Botswana coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 95.68%, a 13.34% increase from 2013.
  • Botswana coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 82.34%, a 10.91% increase from 2012.
  • Botswana coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 71.43%, a 19.99% decline from 2011.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % of Electricity from Coal
Botswana 96.36%
South Africa 92.71%
Serbia 72.43%
Kazakhstan 71.57%
China 70.31%
Bosnia 63.98%
North Macedonia 58.36%
Montenegro 50.35%
Bulgaria 46.21%
Malaysia 42.28%
Mauritius 39.44%
Turkey 29.10%
Romania 27.64%
Guatemala 21.36%
Thailand 19.45%
Russia 14.82%
Dominican Republic 12.86%
Colombia 11.85%
Mexico 10.87%
Brazil 4.72%
Peru 0.84%
Namibia 0.46%
Iran 0.16%
Belarus 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Suriname 0.00%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Costa Rica 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
Armenia 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Paraguay 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Ecuador 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Botswana Coal Usage/Consumption - Historical Data
Year % of Electricity from Coal Annual Change
2015 96.36% 0.68%
2014 95.68% 13.34%
2013 82.34% 10.91%
2012 71.43% -19.99%
2011 91.42% -8.58%
2010 100.00% 0.00%
2009 100.00% 0.00%
2008 100.00% 0.72%
2007 99.28% -0.11%
2006 99.39% -0.04%
2005 99.43% 4.67%
2004 94.76% -2.45%
2003 97.22% -0.25%
2002 97.47% -0.40%
2001 97.87% 0.24%
2000 97.63% 0.02%
1999 97.61% -0.26%
1998 97.87% 1.00%
1997 96.87% -0.35%
1996 97.23% -0.76%
1995 97.98% 0.46%
1994 97.52% 0.45%
1993 97.06% -0.27%
1992 97.33% 0.86%
1991 96.47% 8.39%
1990 88.08% 1.17%
1989 86.91% 2.75%
1988 84.16% -10.32%
1987 94.48% 2.86%
1986 91.62% -3.65%
1985 95.28% 6.44%
1984 88.84% 2.88%
1983 85.96% 3.97%
1982 81.99% 3.82%
1981 78.17% 3.82%