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South Africa produces 93 percent electricity from coal

A good number of countries is highly dependent on Electricity generated from Coal. South Africa is on the top of the countries which produces electricity from coal.  South Africa has been producing 93.00% of its total electricity demand from coal.

Some other top countries those are using coal as source of electricity are: Poland    92%,     PR China    79%, Australia    77%, Kazakhstan    70%,    India    69%, Israel    63%, Morocco    55%,        Czech Rep    60%, Greece    52%,        USA    49%,        Germany    46%.

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