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Korea, Republic of: Share of electricity generation from coal

31.09percent · 2025-26.8% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.094
202429.709
202332.704
202233.622
202135.266
202036.036
201941.759
201843.458
201745.244
201641.518
201542.474
201441.836
201341.654
201242.061
201143.438
201044.12
200946.271
200843.141
200740.17
200638.211
200538.606
200438.967
200340.006
200241.411
200141.099
200039.553
199942.91
199843.962
199738.684
199636.866
199536.111
199436.019
199333.648
199229.527
199128.606
199029.091
198930.46
198832.762
198730.611
198636.745
198539.954

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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