We analyzed countries electricity production by source & tried to understand dependencie on coal given all the discussion about climate change this week.

Key Highlights:

US is ranked 23 of 30 in the list with 43% of electricity needs coming from coal.

Two of the largest countries with the most needs in the future China & India are ranked at 28% & 26% respectively. This implies that there is a lot of work that needs to be done for developing nations to move away from Coal AND meet their growing electricity needs.

France & Sweden are the least dependence on Coal in Europe but Germany will soon reduce its dependence on coal given its commitments.

RANK OF COUNTRIES LEAST DEPENDENT ON COAL OF THE TOP 30 ELECTRICITY PRODUCING NATIONS

Rank of Dependency on Coal Country % of Electricity Production from Coal Electricity production (TWH) 1 Saudi Arabia 0 250.1 2 Egypt 0 156.6 3 Venezuela 0 122.1 4 Norway 0.1 126.9 5 Iran 0.2 239.7 6 Sweden 0.9 150.3 7 Argentina 2.5 129.6 8 France 3.1 556.9 9 Mexico 11.5 295.8 10 Canada 12 636.9 11 Russia 15.5 1053 12 Spain 15.5 289 13 Italy 16.7 300.6 14 Vietnam 21.1 99.2 15 Netherlands 21.9 113 16 Thailand 22.3 156 17 Japan 27 1042.7 18 Turkey 28.9 229.4 19 United Kingdom 30 364.9 20 Ukraine 38.2 194.9 21 Malaysia 40.7 130.1 22 South Korea 43.2 520.1 23 United States 43.3 4326.6 24 Indonesia 44.4 182.4 25 Germany 45.1 602.4 26 India 67.9 1052.3 27 Australia 68.6 252.6 28 China 79 4715.7 29 Poland 86.7 163.1 30 South Africa 93.8 259.6

13 Countries who have Zero Dependency on Coal

Country Electricity production (TWH) Saudi Arabia 250.1 Egypt 156.6 Venezuela 122.1 United Arab Emirates 99.1 Kuwait 57.5 Iraq 54.2 Singapore 46 Syria 41.1 Libya 27.6 Nigeria 27 Iceland 17.2 Sudan 8.6

Here are the 10 countries most dependent on coal for the electricity generation