Poland vs South Africa: Coal production, per square kilometre

Poland
0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2023
Poland rank
5th
South Africa rank
7th

Coal production, per square kilometre over time

  • Poland
  • South Africa
00.0010.0020.0030.0040.005196119922023

How they compare

Poland currently reports 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre against 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in South Africa, a difference of 0 terawatt-hours per square kilometre.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.

Poland ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 7th of 205 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0027 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0003 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0025 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland
1970s 0.0039 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0035 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland
1980s 0.0045 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0009 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0037 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland
1990s 0.0034 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0011 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0023 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland
2000s 0.0026 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland
2010s 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0014 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0006 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland
2020s 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal production, per square kilometre, Poland or South Africa?
Poland, at 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre against 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in coal production, per square kilometre between Poland and South Africa?
0 terawatt-hours per square kilometre, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and South Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Poland and South Africa rank globally for coal production, per square kilometre?
Poland ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 7th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Coal production, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Poland vs South Africa: Coal production, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/coal-production-per-square-kilometre-3/poland/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/coal-production-per-square-kilometre-3/poland/south-africa/">Poland vs South Africa: Coal production, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Coal production, per square kilometre
Unit
terawatt-hours per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
205 places, 9,682 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Coal production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.