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Switzerland / Energy and CO₂ / Coal's share of fossil CO₂

Coal's share of fossil CO₂ in Switzerland

% · 2024 · from Global Carbon Project Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions, via carbondata.dev

1.1%in 2024

0.0 pts over 1 year, −0.1 pts over 5, −0.4 pts over 10
Lowest quartile among countries: 105 of 137 with a 2024 figure (1 is the highest value)
World: 40.9% the same year

Compare Switzerland with other countries · Which countries have this data, and for which years

Coal's share of fossil CO₂, Switzerland and the worldSwitzerland was at 1.1% in 2024, below the world's 40.9%; in 1858 it was 100.0%.

Switzerland
World

Show the numbers (275 rows)

Year	Switzerland	World
2024	1.1%	40.9%
2023	1.1%	41.0%
2022	1.3%	41.2%
2021	1.2%	40.6%
2020	1.2%	40.6%
2019	1.2%	39.6%
2018	1.3%	40.2%
2017	1.3%	40.3%
2016	1.3%	40.5%
2015	1.4%	41.4%
2014	1.5%	42.3%
2013	1.4%	42.4%
2012	1.3%	42.5%
2011	1.5%	42.6%
2010	1.4%	41.8%
2009	1.5%	41.3%
2008	1.5%	41.0%
2007	1.7%	40.4%
2006	1.5%	39.7%
2005	1.4%	38.8%
2004	1.3%	37.8%
2003	1.3%	37.9%
2002	1.4%	36.7%
2001	1.5%	35.8%
2000	1.5%	35.9%
1999	1.0%	35.5%
1998	1.0%	35.8%
1997	1.2%	36.6%
1996	1.3%	37.0%
1995	1.8%	37.2%
1994	1.8%	37.1%
1993	1.8%	37.2%
1992	1.9%	37.1%
1991	2.6%	36.9%
1990	3.3%	38.1%
1989	3.5%	39.8%
1988	3.4%	40.3%
1987	4.0%	40.5%
1986	4.1%	40.4%
1985	5.0%	40.4%
1984	5.1%	39.0%
1983	4.9%	38.5%
1982	5.1%	37.7%
1981	4.9%	36.8%
1980	3.2%	36.0%
1979	2.2%	34.9%
1978	2.1%	34.2%
1977	2.3%	34.7%
1976	1.8%	34.9%
1975	2.0%	35.4%
1974	2.5%	34.5%
1973	2.7%	34.3%
1972	3.0%	35.1%
1971	3.5%	36.8%
1970	5.4%	38.2%
1969	6.1%	40.1%
1968	6.7%	41.2%
1967	8.5%	43.0%
1966	11.3%	45.1%
1965	14.6%	46.8%
1964	18.4%	48.2%
1963	25.5%	49.8%
1962	26.0%	50.6%
1961	29.4%	52.5%
1960	35.3%	55.0%
1959	36.5%	55.9%
1958	38.2%	56.6%
1957	49.9%	57.3%
1956	49.1%	58.1%
1955	51.0%	58.9%
1954	55.8%	59.7%
1953	56.6%	61.1%
1952	63.2%	62.3%
1951	69.4%	64.0%
1950	66.5%	65.4%
1949	62.8%	68.2%
1948	68.5%	68.7%
1947	71.4%	70.1%
1946	73.1%	70.2%
1945	81.8%	69.9%
1944	91.2%	74.9%
1943	93.5%	77.4%
1942	91.7%	78.5%
1941	89.5%	77.7%
1940	85.7%	77.7%
1939	88.9%	76.9%
1938	84.8%	76.4%
1937	88.5%	77.1%
1936	85.1%	78.1%
1935	86.5%	78.2%
1934	86.6%	78.8%
1933	87.8%	78.5%
1932	85.1%	79.0%
1931	86.5%	80.0%
1930	87.4%	81.3%
1929	89.5%	82.2%
1928	89.6%	82.8%
1927	94.0%	83.8%
1926	96.3%	83.9%
1925	96.4%	84.3%
1924	95.4%	84.9%
1923	96.3%	85.1%
1922	95.8%	85.0%
1921	97.0%	85.8%
1920	97.1%	88.3%
1919	100.0%	89.4%
1918	98.9%	91.7%
1917	98.6%	91.8%
1916	98.6%	92.2%
1915	98.4%	92.4%
1914	98.0%	92.9%
1913	97.1%	93.7%
1912	96.8%	94.0%
1911	96.9%	93.9%
1910	96.7%	94.2%
1909	96.9%	94.3%
1908	96.8%	94.4%
1907	97.0%	95.0%
1906	96.6%	95.2%
1905	96.4%	95.1%
1904	96.1%	94.9%
1903	96.0%	95.5%
1902	95.7%	95.3%
1901	95.8%	95.6%
1900	96.2%	95.9%
1899	95.9%	96.1%
1898	95.8%	96.1%
1897	95.5%	96.1%
1896	95.4%	96.1%
1895	95.5%	96.2%
1894	95.5%	96.5%
1893	94.4%	96.3%
1892	95.8%	96.5%
1891	96.1%	96.3%
1890	95.7%	96.4%
1889	95.3%	96.6%
1888	95.2%	96.5%
1887	95.5%	96.7%
1886	95.3%	97.1%
1885	95.9%	97.7%
1884	94.8%	98.0%
1883	95.6%	98.3%
1882	95.1%	97.9%
1881	94.8%	98.0%
1880	95.8%	98.2%
1879	95.4%	98.3%
1878	95.1%	98.6%
1877	96.1%	98.7%
1876	96.3%	99.1%
1875	96.3%	99.1%
1874	100.0%	99.0%
1873	93.2%	99.2%
1872	95.4%	99.4%
1871	94.1%	99.4%
1870	94.7%	99.4%
1869	100.0%	99.5%
1868	100.0%	99.5%
1867	100.0%	99.6%
1866	100.0%	99.6%
1865	100.0%	99.7%
1864	100.0%	99.7%
1863	100.0%	99.7%
1862	100.0%	99.6%
1861	100.0%	99.7%
1860	100.0%	99.9%
1859	100.0%	100.0%
1858	100.0%	100.0%
1857		100.0%
1856		100.0%
1855		100.0%
1854		100.0%
1853		100.0%
1852		100.0%
1851		100.0%
1850		100.0%
1849		100.0%
1848		100.0%
1847		100.0%
1846		100.0%
1845		100.0%
1844		100.0%
1843		100.0%
1842		100.0%
1841		100.0%
1840		100.0%
1839		100.0%
1838		100.0%
1837		100.0%
1836		100.0%
1835		100.0%
1834		100.0%
1833		100.0%
1832		100.0%
1831		100.0%
1830		100.0%
1829		100.0%
1828		100.0%
1827		100.0%
1826		100.0%
1825		100.0%
1824		100.0%
1823		100.0%
1822		100.0%
1821		100.0%
1820		100.0%
1819		100.0%
1818		100.0%
1817		100.0%
1816		100.0%
1815		100.0%
1814		100.0%
1813		100.0%
1812		100.0%
1811		100.0%
1810		100.0%
1809		100.0%
1808		100.0%
1807		100.0%
1806		100.0%
1805		100.0%
1804		100.0%
1803		100.0%
1802		100.0%
1801		100.0%
1800		100.0%
1799		100.0%
1798		100.0%
1797		100.0%
1796		100.0%
1795		100.0%
1794		100.0%
1793		100.0%
1792		100.0%
1791		100.0%
1790		100.0%
1789		100.0%
1788		100.0%
1787		100.0%
1786		100.0%
1785		100.0%
1784		100.0%
1783		100.0%
1782		100.0%
1781		100.0%
1780		100.0%
1779		100.0%
1778		100.0%
1777		100.0%
1776		100.0%
1775		100.0%
1774		100.0%
1773		100.0%
1772		100.0%
1771		100.0%
1770		100.0%
1769		100.0%
1768		100.0%
1767		100.0%
1766		100.0%
1765		100.0%
1764		100.0%
1763		100.0%
1762		100.0%
1761		100.0%
1760		100.0%
1759		100.0%
1758		100.0%
1757		100.0%
1756		100.0%
1755		100.0%
1754		100.0%
1753		100.0%
1752		100.0%
1751		100.0%
1750		100.0%

Where Switzerland sits among countries, 2024Switzerland's 1.1% is higher than 32 of the other 136 countries with a 2024 figure; the world as a whole was at 40.9%.

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Every country, 2024 (137)

North Korea 91.4%
Mongolia 86.7%
South Africa 84.4%
China 72.3%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 71.4%
Laos 68.4%
India 66.0%
Lesotho 63.8%
Vietnam 61.8%
Zimbabwe 61.7%
Serbia 58.9%
Botswana 58.4%
Kazakhstan 55.8%
Estonia 54.7%
Montenegro 54.1%
Taiwan 53.8%
New Caledonia 53.8%
Indonesia 53.7%
Philippines 52.7%
Bhutan 51.1%
Zambia 49.8%
Kyrgyzstan 48.1%
Poland 46.7%
Czechia 45.4%
Nepal 42.6%
South Korea 42.4%
Türkiye 40.8%
Tajikistan 40.7%
Japan 39.6%
Ukraine 38.3%
North Macedonia 37.1%
Australia 36.9%
Afghanistan 36.0%
Mauritius 34.4%
Hong Kong SAR China 34.1%
Malaysia 33.6%
Morocco 33.3%
Bulgaria 32.5%
Sri Lanka 29.9%
Madagascar 29.7%
Slovenia 29.5%
Germany 28.4%
Slovakia 28.2%
Cambodia 27.8%
Finland 26.1%
Pakistan 25.2%
Brunei 24.9%
Colombia 24.1%
Dominican Republic 24.0%
Bangladesh 24.0%
Iceland 22.8%
Thailand 22.5%
Russia 21.1%
Austria 19.8%
Israel 19.1%
New Zealand 18.1%
Eswatini 17.2%
Sweden 17.2%
Ethiopia 16.2%
Netherlands 16.2%
Kenya 15.2%
United States 14.9%
Uzbekistan 14.2%
Senegal 14.1%
Panama 13.9%
Chile 13.8%
Belgium 13.4%
Romania 11.7%
Albania 11.1%
Rwanda 10.8%
Brazil 10.5%
Norway 10.4%
Myanmar (Burma) 10.3%
Tanzania 10.1%
Niger 9.5%
Malawi 9.4%
Greece 9.0%
Hungary 9.0%
Mexico 8.7%
France 7.4%
Jordan 7.3%
Georgia 7.0%
Denmark 6.4%
Belarus 6.1%
Guatemala 6.0%
Ireland 5.8%
Burundi 5.6%
Benin 5.5%
United Kingdom 5.4%
Canada 5.4%
Spain 5.1%
Yemen 5.0%
Croatia 4.9%
Egypt 4.7%
Moldova 4.6%
Italy 3.7%
Peru 3.4%
Lithuania 3.0%
Jamaica 2.8%
Nigeria 2.2%
Luxembourg 2.1%
Singapore 2.1%
United Arab Emirates 1.9%
Argentina 1.8%
Switzerland 1.1%
Congo - Kinshasa 1.1%
Namibia 0.8%
Iran 0.8%
Cyprus 0.8%
Latvia 0.7%
Lebanon 0.7%
Armenia 0.6%
Costa Rica 0.6%
Kuwait 0.5%
Mozambique 0.5%
Portugal 0.4%
Algeria 0.3%
Venezuela 0.3%
Bahamas 0.1%
Azerbaijan 0.1%
Uruguay 0.1%
Saudi Arabia 0.1%
Bolivia 0.1%
Oman 0.0%
Syria 0.0%
Cuba 0.0%
Qatar 0.0%
Iraq 0.0%
Malta 0.0%
Turkmenistan 0.0%
Uganda 0.0%
El Salvador 0.0%
Paraguay 0.0%
Liechtenstein 0.0%
Guyana 0.0%
Bermuda 0.0%
Andorra 0.0%

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Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions: GCB fossil CO₂, coal / total (CC BY 4.0), coal emissions as a share of all fossil CO₂
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Built 2026-10-26.