Coal Usage/Consumption by Country
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.
Country Name |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2011 |
Kosovo |
97.47% |
96.95% |
97.58% |
98.15% |
97.83% |
Botswana |
96.36% |
95.68% |
82.34% |
71.43% |
91.42% |
Mongolia |
92.74% |
92.34% |
92.95% |
94.75% |
94.80% |
South Africa |
92.71% |
93.10% |
93.74% |
94.63% |
93.80% |
Poland |
80.91% |
82.99% |
85.21% |
84.36% |
86.79% |
India |
75.31% |
74.49% |
72.52% |
71.64% |
66.76% |
Serbia |
72.43% |
66.27% |
73.14% |
72.80% |
75.70% |
Kazakhstan |
71.57% |
71.95% |
75.19% |
74.79% |
81.10% |
China |
70.31% |
72.63% |
75.28% |
75.66% |
78.88% |
Hong Kong |
65.44% |
76.18% |
74.82% |
70.30% |
71.04% |
Bosnia |
63.98% |
62.82% |
58.08% |
69.50% |
70.72% |
Australia |
62.87% |
61.16% |
63.72% |
68.56% |
67.99% |
North Macedonia |
58.36% |
69.54% |
66.05% |
77.16% |
76.48% |
Indonesia |
55.78% |
52.45% |
51.50% |
51.08% |
44.21% |
Morocco |
55.53% |
55.03% |
43.39% |
43.37% |
46.70% |
Czech Republic |
53.06% |
51.16% |
50.82% |
53.72% |
57.07% |
Montenegro |
50.35% |
44.78% |
36.53% |
48.07% |
54.67% |
Cambodia |
48.40% |
28.18% |
9.51% |
2.58% |
3.21% |
Zimbabwe |
46.78% |
43.86% |
45.47% |
39.05% |
41.66% |
Bulgaria |
46.21% |
45.40% |
45.03% |
49.11% |
55.05% |
Israel |
45.40% |
49.49% |
52.32% |
61.46% |
58.89% |
Philippines |
44.51% |
42.78% |
42.62% |
38.76% |
36.63% |
Germany |
44.26% |
45.81% |
47.24% |
46.02% |
44.86% |
South Korea |
43.08% |
42.41% |
41.43% |
45.08% |
43.17% |
Greece |
42.66% |
51.14% |
46.23% |
51.21% |
52.50% |
Malaysia |
42.28% |
37.86% |
38.58% |
41.51% |
40.98% |
Niger |
41.62% |
55.76% |
53.27% |
63.66% |
74.56% |
Mauritius |
39.44% |
42.90% |
42.04% |
41.12% |
40.57% |
Netherlands |
38.65% |
31.35% |
27.07% |
26.44% |
21.71% |
Chile |
37.14% |
36.34% |
41.38% |
36.32% |
29.86% |
Ukraine |
34.58% |
38.73% |
41.82% |
40.54% |
38.21% |
United States |
34.23% |
39.65% |
39.94% |
38.48% |
43.35% |
Sri Lanka |
33.71% |
25.70% |
12.22% |
11.80% |
8.90% |
Japan |
33.15% |
32.74% |
32.93% |
29.72% |
27.10% |
Slovenia |
29.59% |
21.90% |
30.84% |
33.09% |
33.35% |
Vietnam |
29.57% |
23.25% |
24.51% |
21.14% |
21.55% |
Turkey |
29.10% |
30.27% |
26.56% |
28.40% |
28.87% |
Portugal |
28.72% |
23.00% |
23.43% |
28.71% |
18.98% |
Romania |
27.64% |
27.31% |
28.96% |
38.98% |
40.01% |
Denmark |
24.54% |
34.38% |
41.14% |
34.33% |
39.67% |
United Kingdom |
22.81% |
30.31% |
37.05% |
40.05% |
30.06% |
Guatemala |
21.36% |
17.29% |
15.79% |
13.15% |
12.96% |
North Korea |
21.29% |
24.13% |
21.06% |
26.95% |
28.14% |
Croatia |
20.56% |
17.62% |
17.36% |
21.13% |
22.96% |
Hungary |
19.47% |
20.80% |
21.07% |
18.74% |
18.35% |
Thailand |
19.45% |
21.78% |
22.08% |
20.00% |
22.31% |
Spain |
18.96% |
16.47% |
14.69% |
19.05% |
15.48% |
Ireland |
17.35% |
15.33% |
16.75% |
18.51% |
14.52% |
Italy |
16.12% |
16.73% |
16.84% |
18.20% |
16.68% |
Russia |
14.82% |
14.79% |
15.22% |
15.75% |
15.54% |
Kyrgyz Republic |
13.22% |
7.36% |
5.61% |
4.80% |
4.19% |
Dominican Republic |
12.86% |
14.02% |
11.76% |
12.76% |
12.36% |
Slovak Republic |
12.51% |
12.36% |
12.37% |
13.79% |
14.27% |
Colombia |
11.85% |
10.18% |
8.99% |
5.47% |
3.77% |
Mexico |
10.87% |
11.24% |
10.75% |
11.12% |
11.15% |
Canada |
9.84% |
9.92% |
9.80% |
10.12% |
11.81% |
Finland |
8.30% |
12.36% |
15.72% |
10.78% |
14.02% |
Austria |
8.23% |
7.97% |
9.46% |
9.09% |
11.78% |
Panama |
6.92% |
7.40% |
7.62% |
7.76% |
5.78% |
Belgium |
6.11% |
6.16% |
6.28% |
6.70% |
6.12% |
Estonia |
5.33% |
4.15% |
2.24% |
4.23% |
3.36% |
Brazil |
4.72% |
4.53% |
3.81% |
2.59% |
2.33% |
New Zealand |
4.25% |
4.51% |
5.54% |
8.02% |
4.88% |
Uzbekistan |
4.09% |
4.08% |
4.08% |
4.09% |
4.08% |
France |
2.16% |
2.16% |
4.29% |
3.70% |
3.11% |
Argentina |
2.03% |
2.22% |
2.55% |
2.92% |
2.84% |
Myanmar |
1.78% |
2.02% |
4.65% |
7.18% |
7.34% |
Bangladesh |
1.69% |
1.97% |
2.31% |
1.93% |
1.87% |
Tajikistan |
1.53% |
0.97% |
0.26% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
Singapore |
1.20% |
1.10% |
0.64% |
0.01% |
0.00% |
Honduras |
1.04% |
0.51% |
1.15% |
1.20% |
1.32% |
Peru |
0.84% |
0.72% |
2.80% |
3.23% |
1.59% |
Sweden |
0.67% |
0.58% |
0.73% |
0.60% |
0.97% |
Namibia |
0.46% |
0.00% |
3.08% |
0.91% |
1.40% |
Iran |
0.16% |
0.19% |
0.17% |
0.16% |
0.18% |
Pakistan |
0.14% |
0.14% |
0.15% |
0.06% |
0.10% |
Norway |
0.10% |
0.11% |
0.11% |
0.11% |
0.10% |
Latvia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.02% |
0.03% |
0.03% |