Hungary vs Spain: Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita
Hungary
0.4662 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Spain
0.5033 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Hungary rank
56th
Spain rank
54th
Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- Hungary
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.5033 kilowatt-hours per person against 0.4662 kilowatt-hours per person in Hungary, a difference of 0.0371 kilowatt-hours per person.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Hungary ahead.
Hungary ranks 56th and Spain ranks 54th of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hungary | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.06 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.28 kilowatt-hours per person | 7.77 kilowatt-hours per person | Hungary |
| 1970s | 9.37 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.32 kilowatt-hours per person | 6.05 kilowatt-hours per person | Hungary |
| 1980s | 8.41 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.16 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.25 kilowatt-hours per person | Hungary |
| 1990s | 5.29 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.46 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1659 kilowatt-hours per person | Spain |
| 2000s | 3.8 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.95 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.14 kilowatt-hours per person | Spain |
| 2010s | 2.75 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.79 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0408 kilowatt-hours per person | Spain |
| 2020s | 1.26 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.6919 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.5723 kilowatt-hours per person | Hungary |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita, Hungary or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.5033 kilowatt-hours per person against 0.4662 kilowatt-hours per person in Hungary as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita between Hungary and Spain?
- 0.0371 kilowatt-hours per person, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Spain?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Hungary and Spain rank globally for coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Hungary ranks 56th and Spain ranks 54th 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.