India vs Japan: Electricity generation from coal

India

1,474 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

330.08 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India rank

2nd

Japan rank

4th

Electricity generation from coal over time

India currently reports 1,474 terawatt-hours against 330.08 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 1,144 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 4.5 times Japan's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 4th 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.