Kuwait vs Yemen: Coal consumption
Kuwait
2.49 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Yemen
2.7 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Kuwait rank
88th
Yemen rank
86th
Coal consumption over time
- Kuwait
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 2.7 terawatt-hours against 2.49 terawatt-hours in Kuwait, a difference of 0.21 terawatt-hours.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Yemen ahead.
Kuwait ranks 88th and Yemen ranks 86th of 220 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000s | 0.0046 terawatt-hours | 0.1042 terawatt-hours | 0.0996 terawatt-hours | Yemen |
| 2010s | 1.83 terawatt-hours | 1.08 terawatt-hours | 0.7415 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.16 terawatt-hours | 0.8118 terawatt-hours | 0.3488 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal consumption, Kuwait or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 2.7 terawatt-hours against 2.49 terawatt-hours in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coal consumption between Kuwait and Yemen?
- 0.21 terawatt-hours, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Yemen?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Yemen rank globally for coal consumption?
- Kuwait ranks 88th and Yemen ranks 86th of 220 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal consumption. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.