Japan vs OECD (EI): Electricity generation from coal

Japan

330.08 terawatt-hours

in 2025

OECD (EI)

1,858 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan rank

4th

OECD (EI) rank

1st

Electricity generation from coal over time

OECD (EI) currently reports 1,858 terawatt-hours against 330.08 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 1,528 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 5.6 times Japan's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 4th and OECD (EI) ranks 1st 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.