Bangladesh vs India: Annual change in primary energy from coal
Bangladesh
28.46 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
20.94 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
4th
India rank
5th
Annual change in primary energy from coal over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 28.46 terawatt-hours against 20.94 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 7.52 terawatt-hours.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times India's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1972 it was India ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 4th and India ranks 5th of 79 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -0.0007 terawatt-hours | 23.08 terawatt-hours | 23.08 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1980s | 0.0372 terawatt-hours | 55.24 terawatt-hours | 55.21 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1990s | -0.0918 terawatt-hours | 61.67 terawatt-hours | 61.77 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2000s | 1.31 terawatt-hours | 147.16 terawatt-hours | 145.85 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2010s | 3.45 terawatt-hours | 172.08 terawatt-hours | 168.63 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2020s | 11.6 terawatt-hours | 236.6 terawatt-hours | 225 terawatt-hours | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from coal, Bangladesh or India?
- Bangladesh, at 28.46 terawatt-hours against 20.94 terawatt-hours in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from coal between Bangladesh and India?
- 7.52 terawatt-hours, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for annual change in primary energy from coal?
- Bangladesh ranks 4th and India ranks 5th of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.