Australia vs World: Electricity production from coal sources
Electricity production from coal sources over time
- Australia
- World
How they compare
Australia currently reports 46.0% against 15.0% in World, a difference of 31.0%.
That makes Australia's figure about 3.1 times World's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 17th and World ranks 18th of 210 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.2% | 37.8% | 43.4% | Australia |
| 2000s | 78.5% | 39.7% | 38.7% | Australia |
| 2010s | 64.1% | 39.4% | 24.8% | Australia |
| 2020s | 49.9% | 31.5% | 18.4% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity production from coal sources, Australia or World?
- Australia, at 46.0% against 15.0% in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in electricity production from coal sources between Australia and World?
- 31.0%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and World?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Australia and World rank globally for electricity production from coal sources?
- Australia ranks 17th and World ranks 18th of 210 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as Electricity production from coal sources (% of total). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.