Austria vs Netherlands: Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita
Austria
2.92 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Netherlands
2.87 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Austria rank
25th
Netherlands rank
26th
Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- Austria
- Netherlands
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2.92 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person in Netherlands, a difference of 0.05 kilowatt-hours per person.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Netherlands ahead.
Austria ranks 25th and Netherlands ranks 26th of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.44 kilowatt-hours per person | 7.09 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.3512 kilowatt-hours per person | Austria |
| 1970s | 6.01 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.79 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.22 kilowatt-hours per person | Austria |
| 1980s | 5.96 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.9 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.06 kilowatt-hours per person | Austria |
| 1990s | 5.15 kilowatt-hours per person | 6.26 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.11 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 5.39 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.75 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.3548 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 4.27 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.82 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.55 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 3.13 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.98 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1475 kilowatt-hours per person | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita, Austria or Netherlands?
- Austria, at 2.92 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita between Austria and Netherlands?
- 0.05 kilowatt-hours per person, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Netherlands?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Netherlands rank globally for coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Austria ranks 25th and Netherlands ranks 26th of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.