Greece all but quit coal power in nine years
Chart · 8 Nov 2026
In 2015 coal made 43% of Greece's electricity. By 2024 it made 6%, one of the biggest cuts in the EU. Poland still gets 55% of its power from coal.
What the chart shows
Poland is highest in 2024 at 55.4%, Sweden lowest at 0.3%. Greece has the 2nd biggest fall of the 21, 37.0 points. All 21 countries fell. Estonia moved the most, down 41.6 points.
The numbers, % of total
| Country | 2015 | 2024 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 82.8 | 41.2 | −41.6 |
| Greece | 42.6 | 5.6 | −37.0 |
| Netherlands | 38.3 | 8.2 | −30.2 |
| Poland | 80.6 | 55.4 | −25.2 |
| Ireland | 25.9 | 2.0 | −23.9 |
| Bulgaria | 45.8 | 22.8 | −22.9 |
| Germany | 43.8 | 22.4 | −21.3 |
| Denmark | 24.6 | 5.0 | −19.6 |
| Spain | 18.8 | 1.2 | −17.5 |
| Czechia | 52.3 | 36.3 | −16.0 |
| Croatia | 20.3 | 5.2 | −15.1 |
| Italy | 16.0 | 1.8 | −14.3 |
| Romania | 27.5 | 13.3 | −14.2 |
| Hungary | 19.5 | 6.4 | −13.0 |
| Finland | 12.8 | 2.6 | −10.2 |
| Slovakia | 12.4 | 3.0 | −9.4 |
| Slovenia | 29.0 | 20.6 | −8.5 |
| Austria | 7.7 | 2.4 | −5.4 |
| Belgium | 5.9 | 2.8 | −3.1 |
| France | 2.5 | 0.4 | −2.1 |
| Sweden | 0.8 | 0.3 | −0.5 |
About the data
- Indicator
- Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)
- Source
- IEA via World Bank WDI
- Years in the data
- 1990 to 2025