Belgium vs Netherlands: Annual percentage change in primary energy from coal
Belgium
9.2%
in 2025
Netherlands
10.0%
in 2025
Belgium rank
14th
Netherlands rank
11th
Annual percentage change in primary energy from coal over time
- Belgium
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 10.0% against 9.2% in Belgium, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 14th and Netherlands ranks 11th of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -2.5% | -8.2% | 5.7% | Belgium |
| 1970s | -4.2% | -4.5% | 0.3% | Belgium |
| 1980s | -0.3% | 9.3% | 9.7% | Netherlands |
| 1990s | -3.1% | -0.7% | 2.4% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | -7.4% | 0.2% | 7.5% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.8% | -0.8% | 1.6% | Belgium |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -2.3% | 2.0% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy from coal, Belgium or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 10.0% against 9.2% in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from coal between Belgium and Netherlands?
- 0.8%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Netherlands rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from coal?
- Belgium ranks 14th and Netherlands ranks 11th 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 percentage 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
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.