Based on a comparison of 78 countries in 2017, Kosovo ranked the highest in electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total with 97.5% followed by Botswana and Mongolia. On the other end of the scale was Norway with 0.105%, Pakistan with 0.137% and Iran with 0.152%.
Average electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total reached 38.1% in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 0.38 % more than in the previous year and -8.04 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total reached an all time high of 41.1% in 2007 and an all time low of 30.3% in 1974. The average annual growth amounted to 0.295 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Electricity Production from Coal Sources (As % of Total) indicator page.
| Electricity Production from Coal Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Australia | % | 68.0% | 68.6% | 63.7% | 61.2% | 62.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 70.7% | 69.5% | 58.1% | 62.8% | 64.0% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 91.4% | 71.4% | 82.3% | 95.7% | 96.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | % | 78.9% | 75.7% | 75.3% | 72.6% | 70.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | 71.0% | 70.3% | 74.8% | 76.2% | 65.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| India | % | 66.8% | 71.6% | 72.5% | 74.5% | 75.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 44.2% | 51.1% | 51.5% | 52.5% | 55.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 81.1% | 74.8% | 75.2% | 71.9% | 71.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kosovo | % | ... | ... | ... | 97.8% | 98.1% | 97.6% | 96.9% | 97.5% | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 76.5% | 77.2% | 66.0% | 69.5% | 58.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | % | 94.8% | 94.7% | 92.9% | 92.3% | 92.7% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 46.7% | 43.4% | 43.4% | 55.0% | 55.5% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 86.8% | 84.4% | 85.2% | 83.0% | 80.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 75.7% | 72.8% | 73.1% | 66.3% | 72.4% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 93.8% | 94.6% | 93.7% | 93.1% | 92.7% |
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