Sweden vs Switzerland: Annual change in primary energy from coal
Sweden
-0.1326 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Switzerland
-0.1883 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Sweden rank
39th
Switzerland rank
41st
Annual change in primary energy from coal over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Sweden currently reports -0.1326 terawatt-hours against -0.1883 terawatt-hours in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0557 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 42 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 39th and Switzerland ranks 41st of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -1.24 terawatt-hours | -1.5 terawatt-hours | 0.2527 terawatt-hours | Sweden |
| 1970s | -0.0102 terawatt-hours | -0.6131 terawatt-hours | 0.6028 terawatt-hours | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.21 terawatt-hours | 0.1422 terawatt-hours | 1.07 terawatt-hours | Sweden |
| 1990s | -0.35 terawatt-hours | -0.3036 terawatt-hours | 0.0464 terawatt-hours | Switzerland |
| 2000s | -0.6246 terawatt-hours | 0.0619 terawatt-hours | 0.6865 terawatt-hours | Switzerland |
| 2010s | -0.0713 terawatt-hours | -0.0653 terawatt-hours | 0.006 terawatt-hours | Switzerland |
| 2020s | -0.9365 terawatt-hours | -0.0906 terawatt-hours | 0.8459 terawatt-hours | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from coal, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Sweden, at -0.1326 terawatt-hours against -0.1883 terawatt-hours in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from coal between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 0.0557 terawatt-hours, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for annual change in primary energy from coal?
- Sweden ranks 39th and Switzerland ranks 41st 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.