Australia vs Germany: Electricity generation from coal

Australia

122.35 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Germany

103.15 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Australia rank

10th

Germany rank

13th

Electricity generation from coal over time

Australia currently reports 122.35 terawatt-hours against 103.15 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 19.2 terawatt-hours.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Germany ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Germany ranks 13th of 207 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation from coal
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 6,154 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.