India vs Mongolia: Electricity production from coal sources
Electricity production from coal sources over time
- India
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 85.2% against 74.4% in India, a difference of 10.8%.
That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.1 times India's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Mongolia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 5th and Mongolia ranks 3rd of 209 countries.
Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.4% | 94.3% | 25.9% | Mongolia |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 96.4% | 28.3% | Mongolia |
| 2010s | 73.0% | 91.5% | 18.5% | Mongolia |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 84.9% | 12.7% | Mongolia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity production from coal sources, India or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 85.2% against 74.4% in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in electricity production from coal sources between India and Mongolia?
- 10.8%, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Mongolia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do India and Mongolia rank globally for electricity production from coal sources?
- India ranks 5th and Mongolia ranks 3rd of 209 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.