China vs Korea, Rep.: Annual change in primary energy from coal
China
0.459 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Korea, Rep.
0.7708 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
20th
Korea, Rep. rank
18th
Annual change in primary energy from coal over time
- China
- Korea, Rep.
How they compare
Korea, Rep. currently reports 0.7708 terawatt-hours against 0.459 terawatt-hours in China, a difference of 0.3118 terawatt-hours.
That makes Korea, Rep.'s figure about 1.7 times China's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was China ahead.
China ranks 20th and Korea, Rep. ranks 18th of 78 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Korea, Rep. | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.48 terawatt-hours | 0.9362 terawatt-hours | 45.54 terawatt-hours | China |
| 1970s | 188.61 terawatt-hours | 7.64 terawatt-hours | 180.97 terawatt-hours | China |
| 1980s | 264.42 terawatt-hours | 14.71 terawatt-hours | 249.71 terawatt-hours | China |
| 1990s | 205.21 terawatt-hours | 17.53 terawatt-hours | 187.69 terawatt-hours | China |
| 2000s | 1,151 terawatt-hours | 35.89 terawatt-hours | 1,115 terawatt-hours | China |
| 2010s | 309.67 terawatt-hours | 17.81 terawatt-hours | 291.85 terawatt-hours | China |
| 2020s | 486.69 terawatt-hours | -33.99 terawatt-hours | 520.68 terawatt-hours | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from coal, China or Korea, Rep.?
- Korea, Rep., at 0.7708 terawatt-hours against 0.459 terawatt-hours in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from coal between China and Korea, Rep.?
- 0.3118 terawatt-hours, with Korea, Rep. ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Korea, Rep.?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do China and Korea, Rep. rank globally for annual change in primary energy from coal?
- China ranks 20th and Korea, Rep. ranks 18th 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.