Australia vs India: Coal production
Australia
3,024 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
4,992 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Australia rank
5th
India rank
2nd
Coal production over time
- Australia
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 4,992 terawatt-hours against 3,024 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 1,968 terawatt-hours.
That makes India's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 5th and India ranks 2nd of 219 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and India in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 52.1 terawatt-hours | 58.06 terawatt-hours | 5.96 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1910s | 73.1 terawatt-hours | 108.64 terawatt-hours | 35.54 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1920s | 86.27 terawatt-hours | 133.85 terawatt-hours | 47.58 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1930s | 77.08 terawatt-hours | 151.45 terawatt-hours | 74.37 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1940s | 107.25 terawatt-hours | 186.49 terawatt-hours | 79.25 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1950s | 150.83 terawatt-hours | 251.73 terawatt-hours | 100.89 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1960s | 244.66 terawatt-hours | 412.28 terawatt-hours | 167.61 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1970s | 461.47 terawatt-hours | 563.19 terawatt-hours | 101.72 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1980s | 986.79 terawatt-hours | 855.9 terawatt-hours | 130.89 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 1990s | 1,598 terawatt-hours | 1,515 terawatt-hours | 83.19 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2000s | 2,431 terawatt-hours | 2,197 terawatt-hours | 234.23 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2010s | 3,385 terawatt-hours | 3,188 terawatt-hours | 197.3 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2020s | 3,258 terawatt-hours | 4,342 terawatt-hours | 1,084 terawatt-hours | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal production, Australia or India?
- India, at 4,992 terawatt-hours against 3,024 terawatt-hours in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal production between Australia and India?
- 1,968 terawatt-hours, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and India?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Australia and India rank globally for coal production?
- Australia ranks 5th and India ranks 2nd of 219 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.