Japan vs Nigeria: Coal production per person

Japan
25.7 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Nigeria
38.16 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Japan rank
59th
Nigeria rank
56th

Coal production per person over time

  • Japan
  • Nigeria
02.0k4.0k6.0k190019622025

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 38.16 kilowatt-hours per person against 25.7 kilowatt-hours per person in Japan, a difference of 12.46 kilowatt-hours per person.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 59th and Nigeria ranks 56th of 219 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 11 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Nigeria Difference Ahead
1900s 1,881 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 1,881 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1910s 3,274 kilowatt-hours per person 14.74 kilowatt-hours per person 3,259 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1920s 3,926 kilowatt-hours per person 83.59 kilowatt-hours per person 3,842 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1930s 4,236 kilowatt-hours per person 86.82 kilowatt-hours per person 4,149 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1940s 4,258 kilowatt-hours per person 124.93 kilowatt-hours per person 4,133 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1950s 3,828 kilowatt-hours per person 143.26 kilowatt-hours per person 3,685 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1960s 3,862 kilowatt-hours per person 78.98 kilowatt-hours per person 3,783 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1970s 1,630 kilowatt-hours per person 32.46 kilowatt-hours per person 1,598 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1980s 846.31 kilowatt-hours per person 9.68 kilowatt-hours per person 836.64 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
1990s 326.05 kilowatt-hours per person 2.7 kilowatt-hours per person 323.35 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
2000s 79.31 kilowatt-hours per person 25.87 kilowatt-hours per person 53.44 kilowatt-hours per person Japan
2010s 59.81 kilowatt-hours per person 88.73 kilowatt-hours per person 28.92 kilowatt-hours per person Nigeria
2020s 35.73 kilowatt-hours per person 68.94 kilowatt-hours per person 33.21 kilowatt-hours per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal production per person, Japan or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 38.16 kilowatt-hours per person against 25.7 kilowatt-hours per person in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in coal production per person between Japan and Nigeria?
12.46 kilowatt-hours per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nigeria?
125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2024.
How do Japan and Nigeria rank globally for coal production per person?
Japan ranks 59th and Nigeria ranks 56th of 219 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.