Australia vs South Africa: Coal production per person

Australia
112,126 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
South Africa
23,973 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Australia rank
2nd
South Africa rank
4th

Coal production per person over time

  • Australia
  • South Africa
050.0k100.0k150.0k190019622025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 112,126 kilowatt-hours per person against 23,973 kilowatt-hours per person in South Africa, a difference of 88,153 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 4.7 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 2nd and South Africa ranks 4th of 215 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia South Africa Difference Ahead
1900s 13,077 kilowatt-hours per person 4,594 kilowatt-hours per person 8,483 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1910s 15,499 kilowatt-hours per person 8,589 kilowatt-hours per person 6,910 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1920s 15,046 kilowatt-hours per person 10,065 kilowatt-hours per person 4,981 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1930s 11,613 kilowatt-hours per person 9,247 kilowatt-hours per person 2,365 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1940s 14,357 kilowatt-hours per person 12,634 kilowatt-hours per person 1,724 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1950s 16,535 kilowatt-hours per person 14,564 kilowatt-hours per person 1,971 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1960s 21,554 kilowatt-hours per person 16,264 kilowatt-hours per person 5,290 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1970s 33,465 kilowatt-hours per person 19,104 kilowatt-hours per person 14,361 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1980s 62,217 kilowatt-hours per person 30,450 kilowatt-hours per person 31,768 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
1990s 88,479 kilowatt-hours per person 29,941 kilowatt-hours per person 58,538 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
2000s 119,481 kilowatt-hours per person 31,006 kilowatt-hours per person 88,476 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
2010s 142,025 kilowatt-hours per person 30,182 kilowatt-hours per person 111,842 kilowatt-hours per person Australia
2020s 123,802 kilowatt-hours per person 24,763 kilowatt-hours per person 99,039 kilowatt-hours per person Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal production per person, Australia or South Africa?
Australia, at 112,126 kilowatt-hours per person against 23,973 kilowatt-hours per person in South Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in coal production per person between Australia and South Africa?
88,153 kilowatt-hours per person, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South Africa?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Australia and South Africa rank globally for coal production per person?
Australia ranks 2nd and South Africa ranks 4th of 215 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 production per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Coal production 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, 14,879 data points, 1700–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.