Electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total fell 2.34% to 46.8% in Malaysia in 2022, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total in Malaysia reached an all time high of 51.1% in 2020 and an all time low of 1.33% in 1988. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total in Cambodia amounted to 32.3%, 0.996% in Singapore, 19.6% in Thailand and 40.2% in Vietnam in 2022.
Malaysia has been ranked 15th within the group of 83 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from coal sources as a percentage of total, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Electricity Production from Coal Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.1% | 54.2% | 37.6% | 43.6% | 47.0% | ||||||||||
| China | % | 68.4% | 68.0% | 66.5% | 65.0% | 63.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 54.6% | 58.0% | 56.4% | 59.1% | 62.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.0% | 35.2% | 34.9% | 36.5% | 28.4% | |||
| Malaysia | % | 44.1% | 43.7% | 45.3% | 42.8% | 51.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 0.056% | 6.81% | 7.24% | 11.9% | 13.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 47.7% | 49.6% | 52.1% | 54.6% | 57.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.20% | 1.29% | 1.29% | 1.19% | 0.992% | ||||||
| Thailand | % | 19.8% | 19.6% | 19.8% | 18.7% | 20.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 37.9% | 34.6% | 41.8% | 50.2% | 49.6% |
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