In 2023, more than 90 percent of the power sector emissions in both China and India were produced from coal-fired power plants. This is perhaps unsurprising as these two countries are the largest producers of coal-fired electricity worldwide, with China alone accounting for 54 percent of total generation. By comparison, the United States, which has the second-largest power sector emissions worldwide after China, produced less than half of its power sector emissions from coal in 2023.
Distribution of power sector emission in major economies worldwide in 2023, by source
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