Chile vs Mexico: Electricity generation from coal

Chile
15.72 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Mexico
10.88 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Chile rank
27th
Mexico rank
30th

Electricity generation from coal over time

  • Chile
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 15.72 terawatt-hours against 10.88 terawatt-hours in Mexico, a difference of 4.84 terawatt-hours.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.4 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mexico ahead.

Chile ranks 27th and Mexico ranks 30th of 207 countries.

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About this data

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

Measured in terawatt-hours.