India vs Lower middle income: Electricity production from coal sources
Electricity production from coal sources over time
- India
- Lower middle income
How they compare
India currently reports 74.4% against 52.5% in Lower middle income, a difference of 21.9%.
That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 6th and Lower middle income ranks 5th of 210 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.4% | 37.8% | 30.6% | India |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 39.9% | 28.2% | India |
| 2010s | 73.0% | 46.5% | 26.5% | India |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 49.2% | 23.1% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity production from coal sources, India or Lower middle income?
- India, at 74.4% against 52.5% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in electricity production from coal sources between India and Lower middle income?
- 21.9%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Lower middle income?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do India and Lower middle income rank globally for electricity production from coal sources?
- India ranks 6th and Lower middle income ranks 5th 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.