Brazil vs Denmark: Annual change in primary energy from coal
Brazil
-3.48 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Denmark
-3.14 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil rank
60th
Denmark rank
59th
Annual change in primary energy from coal over time
- Brazil
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports -3.14 terawatt-hours against -3.48 terawatt-hours in Brazil, a difference of 0.34 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 28 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Denmark ahead.
Brazil ranks 60th and Denmark ranks 59th of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Denmark in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.16 terawatt-hours | -2.21 terawatt-hours | 3.37 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
| 1970s | 3.81 terawatt-hours | 1.59 terawatt-hours | 2.22 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
| 1980s | 6.24 terawatt-hours | 1.45 terawatt-hours | 4.79 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1.65 terawatt-hours | -0.9517 terawatt-hours | 2.6 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
| 2000s | -1.26 terawatt-hours | -0.8253 terawatt-hours | 0.4348 terawatt-hours | Denmark |
| 2010s | 5.03 terawatt-hours | -3.62 terawatt-hours | 8.65 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
| 2020s | -2.53 terawatt-hours | -1.4 terawatt-hours | 1.13 terawatt-hours | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from coal, Brazil or Denmark?
- Denmark, at -3.14 terawatt-hours against -3.48 terawatt-hours in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from coal between Brazil and Denmark?
- 0.34 terawatt-hours, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Denmark?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Denmark rank globally for annual change in primary energy from coal?
- Brazil ranks 60th and Denmark ranks 59th of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – 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.