Australia vs United States: Coal production
Australia
3,024 terawatt-hours
in 2025
United States
3,067 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Australia rank
5th
United States rank
4th
Coal production over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 3,067 terawatt-hours against 3,024 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 43 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was United States ahead.
Australia ranks 5th and United States ranks 4th of 219 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and United States in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 52.1 terawatt-hours | 2,538 terawatt-hours | 2,486 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1910s | 73.1 terawatt-hours | 3,813 terawatt-hours | 3,740 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1920s | 86.27 terawatt-hours | 3,998 terawatt-hours | 3,912 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1930s | 77.08 terawatt-hours | 2,982 terawatt-hours | 2,905 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1940s | 107.25 terawatt-hours | 4,157 terawatt-hours | 4,049 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1950s | 150.83 terawatt-hours | 3,385 terawatt-hours | 3,235 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1960s | 244.66 terawatt-hours | 3,447 terawatt-hours | 3,203 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1970s | 461.47 terawatt-hours | 4,407 terawatt-hours | 3,945 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1980s | 986.79 terawatt-hours | 5,419 terawatt-hours | 4,432 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 1990s | 1,598 terawatt-hours | 6,234 terawatt-hours | 4,636 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 2000s | 2,431 terawatt-hours | 6,401 terawatt-hours | 3,970 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 2010s | 3,385 terawatt-hours | 5,097 terawatt-hours | 1,712 terawatt-hours | United States |
| 2020s | 3,258 terawatt-hours | 3,141 terawatt-hours | 117 terawatt-hours | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal production, Australia or United States?
- United States, at 3,067 terawatt-hours against 3,024 terawatt-hours in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal production between Australia and United States?
- 43 terawatt-hours, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Australia and United States rank globally for coal production?
- Australia ranks 5th and United States ranks 4th 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.