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Malawi vs Nigeria: Coal consumption per person

Malawi
25.1 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Nigeria
38.24 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Malawi rank
115th
Nigeria rank
112th

Coal consumption per person over time

  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
0255075100198020022024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 38.24 kilowatt-hours per person against 25.1 kilowatt-hours per person in Malawi, a difference of 13.14 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.5 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 115th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Coal consumption per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 10,459 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.