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South Africa: Share of electricity generation from coal

81.36percent · 2025-10.5% since 2015

Electricity generated from coal as a share of total generation. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202581.362
202483.521
202382.569
202284.383
202185.928
202088.926
201989.011
201890.133
201789.637
201690.811
201590.902
201490.187
201391.225
201292.946
201193.127
201093.783
200994.062
200894.196
200793.962
200694.724
200594.623
200493.978
200394.053
200293.404
200193.879
200093.074

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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