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Japan: Share of electricity generation from coal

31.83percent · 2025-6.2% since 2015

Electricity generated from coal as a share of total generation. Annual figures for Japan from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.83
202432.263
202332.474
202233.731
202133.659
202033.663
201933.493
201833.306
201733.769
201631.832
201533.942
201433.461
201333.33
201230.202
201125.817
201027.408
200928.014
200828.191
200726.888
200626.739
200527.683
200426.346
200326.731
200223.971
200123.442
200021.665
199919.967
199818.541
199718.239
199617.665
199517.014
199416.212
199315.49
199214.626
199114.043
199013.741
198914.815
198815.089
198715.158
198614.814
198514.983

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from coal. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-coal (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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