Coal Electricity Generation by Country

Coal electricity generation by country measures the amount of electricity generated from coal in each country, in billion kilowatt-hours (BkWh) per year. Coal is the largest single source in the global electricity mix. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 95 countries, with 93 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 10,387.43 BkWh in 2024, up from 10,341.54 BkWh in 2023.

China (5,774.94 BkWh) generated well over half of the world's coal electricity in 2024 — about 3.8 times India (1,516.88 BkWh). The United States (652.16 BkWh), Indonesia (259.73 BkWh) and Japan (258.67 BkWh) completed the top five. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

Coal Electricity Generation by Country

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#	Country	2024 (BkWh)
1	China CN	5,774.94
2	India IN	1,516.88
3	United States US	652.16
4	Indonesia ID	259.73
5	Japan JP	258.67
6	South Africa ZA	200.48
7	Russia RU	200
8	South Korea KR	154.79
9	Vietnam VN	149.35
10	Australia AU	119.08
11	Türkiye TR	110.86
12	Taiwan TW	109.59
13	Germany DE	109.16
14	Poland PL	92.87
15	Malaysia MY	87
16	Philippines PH	79.36
17	Kazakhstan KZ	73.24
18	Thailand TH	33.26
19	Mexico MX	29.8
20	Czech Republic CZ	26.53
21	Morocco MA	26.18
22	Serbia RS	23.26
23	Bangladesh BD	20.29
24	Pakistan PK	19.2
25	Ukraine UA	19.15
26	Canada CA	17.95
27	Italy IT	16.68
28	Chile CL	13.56
29	Hong Kong HK	12.6
30	Laos LA	12.18
31	Israel IL	11.38
32	Colombia CO	11.17
33	Brazil BR	10.26
34	Cambodia KH	9.72
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	9.62
36	North Korea KP	9.23
37	Bulgaria BG	8.76
38	Uzbekistan UZ	8
39	Netherlands NL	7.88
40	Mongolia MN	7.47
41	Dominican Republic DO	7.2
42	Kosovo XK	6.16
43	Romania RO	5.43
44	Sri Lanka LK	4.5
45	Zimbabwe ZW	4.4
46	Slovenia SI	3.5
47	Botswana BW	3.37
48	Greece GR	3.27
49	Puerto Rico PR	3.2
50	Denmark DK	2.71
51	Spain ES	2.68
52	Guatemala GT	2.5
53	Hungary HU	2.44
54	North Macedonia MK	2.36
55	Zambia ZM	2.13
56	United Kingdom GB	1.98
57	Finland FI	1.78
58	Kyrgyzstan KG	1.53
59	Montenegro ME	1.43
60	Mauritius MU	1.34
61	Myanmar MM	1.2
62	New Zealand NZ	1.2
63	New Caledonia NC	1.14
64	Brunei BN	1.1
65	Tajikistan TJ	1
66	France FR	0.99
67	Croatia HR	0.8
68	Ireland IE	0.63
69	Argentina AR	0.61
70	Singapore SG	0.53
71	Madagascar MG	0.5
72	Panama PA	0.5
73	Slovakia SK	0.32
74	Niger NE	0.17
75	Rwanda RW	0.17
76	Senegal SN	0.1
77	Sweden SE	0.07
78	Honduras HN	0.06
79	Namibia NA	0.04
80	Afghanistan AF	0.03
81	Belarus BY	0.02
82	Austria AT	0.02
83	Belgium BE	0.02
84	Eswatini SZ	0.02
85	Norway NO	0.01
86	Estonia EE	0
87	Georgia GE	0
88	Latvia LV	0
89	Lithuania LT	0
90	Peru PE	0
91	Portugal PT	0
92	Tanzania TZ	0
93	United Arab Emirates AE	0

China accounted for about 55.6% of the world total in 2024. The top two together held about 70.2%, the top three about 76.5%, the top five about 81.5%, and the top ten about 89.4%. The remaining countries together accounted for only about 10.6%.

China drove the latest increase

China recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rising from 5,699.25 to 5,774.94 BkWh (+75.69 BkWh, about 1.3%). The world total increased by 45.89 BkWh, from 10,341.54 to 10,387.43 BkWh. South Korea recorded the largest decline among countries with reported values in both years, falling from 186.69 to 154.79 BkWh (-31.90 BkWh, about 17.1%).

What changed among the leading coal generators

China (+1.3%), India (+2.8%) and Indonesia (+5.4%) increased their coal-fired generation in 2024, while the United States (-3.4%) and Japan (-8.0%) declined. South Korea recorded the steepest percentage fall among the larger producers, at 17.1%. With China and India both increasing, the world total reached a new high despite declines in several major producers.

A six-year view of coal generation

Reported world values were 9,532.47 BkWh in 2019, 9,163.99 BkWh in 2020, 9,733.57 BkWh in 2021, 9,866.95 BkWh in 2022, 10,341.54 BkWh in 2023 and 10,387.43 BkWh in 2024. Generation ended about 9.0% above the 2019 level, with 2024 marking the highest value in the series.

How concentrated is coal-fired generation?

Coal generated 10,387.43 BkWh worldwide in 2024, equal to about 33.9% of total electricity generation. China alone produced 5,774.94 BkWh, more than the next nine countries combined, which together generated about 3,511.13 BkWh. The figures describe electricity generated from coal, rather than coal production or coal consumption.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	4,746.95	4,780.29	5,092.44	5,167.89	5,699.25	5,774.94
2	India	1,112.69	1,100.2	1,167.54	1,262.78	1,475.35	1,516.88
3	United States	964.96	773.39	898	831.51	675.12	652.16
4	Indonesia	174.49	181.4	189.68	248.58	246.48	259.73
5	Japan	317.86	292.62	302.84	308.15	281.03	258.67
6	South Africa	219.75	208.54	207.15	197.4	187.11	200.48
7	Russia	170.62	159.43	170.88	167.34	201.39	200
8	South Korea	226.95	198.97	196.5	188.38	186.69	154.79
9	Vietnam	118.81	119.15	115.03	111.11	122.65	149.35
10	Australia	154.3	145.52	140.31	133.59	127.63	119.08
11	Türkiye	111.18	104.02	102.43	105.81	116.88	110.86
12	Taiwan	122.08	121.94	124.35	117.24	115.55	109.59
13	Germany	169.04	133.91	162.88	176.75	124.97	109.16
14	Poland	118.14	107.4	119.5	116.23	98.85	92.87
15	Malaysia	76.41	88.99	86.18	87.58	86.88	87
16	Philippines	57.89	58.18	62.05	66.43	73.75	79.36
17	Kazakhstan	73.79	74.61	73.8	70.5	66.29	73.24
18	Thailand	35.83	36.82	35.18	36.02	30.43	33.26
19	Mexico	25.77	17.15	16.89	22.89	32.88	29.8
20	Czech Republic	37.32	30.99	31.32	33.59	29.94	26.53
21	Morocco	26.9	27.21	28.28	29	27.15	26.18
22	Serbia	25.58	26.5	23.75	23.48	23.54	23.26
23	Bangladesh	1.3	3.15	5.3	5.66	10.69	20.29
24	Pakistan	25.86	27.55	25.91	27.49	19.3	19.2
25	Ukraine	44.61	38.64	35.55	22.84	21.79	19.15
26	Canada	40.15	36.95	32.19	29.07	23.33	17.95
27	Italy	18.84	13.38	14.6	22.61	18.96	16.68
28	Chile	28.13	26.07	26.07	21.52	14.5	13.56
29	Hong Kong	21.06	12.13	13.5	12.73	12.56	12.6
30	Laos	11.41	11.36	11.88	12.18	12.18	12.18
31	Israel	21.89	18.96	16.95	16.74	13.15	11.38
32	Colombia	8.13	9.12	4.44	5.01	9.05	11.17
33	Brazil	15.36	11.98	17.63	8.02	8.81	10.26
34	Cambodia	3.93	4.13	3.65	3.44	8.55	9.72
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.96	11.78	11.11	10.94	9.59	9.62
36	North Korea	11.87	10.35	8.89	9.23	9.23	9.23
37	Bulgaria	17.2	13.51	17.09	21.79	11.73	8.76
38	Uzbekistan	3.82	5.2	4.96	5.64	8.27	8
39	Netherlands	19.42	9.75	16.66	16.61	8.71	7.88
40	Mongolia	5.88	5.61	6.27	6.65	7.06	7.47
41	Dominican Republic	3.56	5.97	5.76	7.16	7.72	7.2
42	Kosovo	6.02	6.33	6.44	6.33	5.53	6.16
43	Romania	13.62	9.36	9.05	8.56	6.54	5.43
44	Sri Lanka	5.36	6.37	6.11	5.7	4.65	4.5
45	Zimbabwe	4.05	2.74	2.51	2.92	4.38	4.4
46	Slovenia	4.48	4.36	3.85	3.13	3.15	3.5
47	Botswana	2.5	2.12	2.39	2.45	3.19	3.37
48	Greece	11.01	5.99	5.05	5.28	4.59	3.27
49	Puerto Rico	3.52	3.06	3.18	3.24	3.24	3.2
50	Denmark	3.09	2.83	4.05	4.1	2.53	2.71
51	Spain	12.86	5.52	5.78	8.39	4.19	2.68
52	Guatemala	4.06	2.62	3.34	1.28	2.38	2.5
53	Hungary	3.86	3.56	2.9	2.86	2.49	2.44
54	North Macedonia	3.51	2.63	2.19	2.53	2.77	2.36
55	Zambia	1.67	1.89	1.3	2.17	2.13	2.13
56	United Kingdom	7.52	6.11	7.22	6.16	3.49	1.98
57	Finland	7.53	4.9	5.28	5.15	2.71	1.78
58	Kyrgyzstan	1.13	1.29	1.97	1.77	1.59	1.53
59	Montenegro	1.5	1.62	1.44	1.57	1.64	1.43
60	Mauritius	1.17	1.14	1.26	0.98	1.1	1.34
61	Myanmar	2.26	2.46	2.12	2.17	1.12	1.2
62	New Zealand	1.59	1.7	2.6	0.72	0.53	1.2
63	New Caledonia	1.51	1.53	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14
64	Brunei	0.48	1.23	1.24	1.21	1.14	1.1
65	Tajikistan	1.48	1.66	1.75	1.28	1.01	1
66	France	5.54	4.66	6.92	5.45	1.98	0.99
67	Croatia	1.51	1.22	1.46	1.56	1.33	0.8
68	Ireland	2.44	1.59	2.92	2.11	1.36	0.63
69	Argentina	0.63	1.18	2.12	1.86	1.3	0.61
70	Singapore	0.65	0.53	0.67	0.57	0.52	0.53
71	Madagascar	0.48	0.21	0.47	0.51	0.51	0.5
72	Panama	1.07	0.61	0.5	0.5	0.46	0.5
73	Slovakia	2.34	1.87	1.99	1.76	1.07	0.32
74	Niger	0.2	0.21	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.17
75	Rwanda	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.17	0.17
76	Senegal	0.76	0.15	0.4	0.47	0.09	0.1
77	Sweden	0.42	0.08	0.11	0.06	0.08	0.07
78	Honduras	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.06
79	Namibia	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.04
80	Afghanistan	0.08	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
81	Belarus	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
82	Austria	1.5	0.56	0.14	0.06	0.02	0.02
83	Belgium	2.43	1.81	1.95	2.53	0.04	0.02
84	Eswatini	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
85	Norway	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.01
86	Estonia	0.02	0.01	0	0	0	0
87	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Peru	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.17	0.04	0
91	Portugal	5.53	2.36	0.81	0	0	0
92	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	United Arab Emirates	0	0.73	3.01	0.28	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual electricity generation from coal in billion kilowatt-hours (BkWh). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of the countries listed on this page may not equal the reported world total because the country-level data presented here do not necessarily represent the complete set of values used for the world total. This page covers electricity generation from coal only; other electricity sources and total generation are reported separately in the source.