Mauritius: Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Mauritius' electricity production from coal sources (% of total) rose 5.56 percentage points on 2023 (from 33.54% to 39.1%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.95 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.49 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.4 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Mauritius had the 17th highest value of the 50 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Mauritius in the 2024 ranking

• Viet Nam — 14th of 50: 47.54%
• Malaysia — 15th of 50: 43.06%
• Montenegro — 16th of 50: 40.26%
• North Macedonia — 18th of 50: 37.45%
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 19th of 50: 35.06%
• Sri Lanka — 20th of 50: 32.61%

What this measures

The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.

Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.

All 35 values

Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0% (2021)
• Benin — 0% (2021)
• Botswana — 95.44% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 0% (2021)
• Burundi — 0% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 0% (2021)
• Cameroon — 0% (2021)
• Central African Republic — 0% (2021)
• Chad — 0% (2021)
• Comoros

More environment data for Mauritius

• Rural population — 758,222 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 60.96% (2025)
• Urban population — 485,519 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 39.04% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1,888 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 38,022 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 39,910 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.2% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.11% (2025)
• Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)

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Questions people ask

What is Mauritius's electricity production from coal sources (% of total)?

39.1% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 32.94 percentage points from 6.15% in 1990. The highest value was 44.15% in 2008 and the lowest 0.86% in 1996.

How does Mauritius rank?

17th highest of 50 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in electricity production from coal sources (% of total) unusual for Mauritius?

In 2024, Mauritius' electricity production from coal sources (% of total) rose 5.56 percentage points on 2023 (from 33.54% to 39.1%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.95 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.COAL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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