Brazil vs Romania: Coal production
Brazil
32.18 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Romania
21.89 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil rank
29th
Romania rank
31st
Coal production over time
- Brazil
- Romania
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 32.18 terawatt-hours against 21.89 terawatt-hours in Romania, a difference of 10.29 terawatt-hours.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.5 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Romania ahead.
Brazil ranks 29th and Romania ranks 31st of 219 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0094 terawatt-hours | 0.3256 terawatt-hours | 0.3162 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1910s | 0.5349 terawatt-hours | 1.09 terawatt-hours | 0.5513 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1920s | 2.12 terawatt-hours | 8.66 terawatt-hours | 6.53 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1930s | 4.39 terawatt-hours | 6.89 terawatt-hours | 2.5 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1940s | 11.65 terawatt-hours | 8.1 terawatt-hours | 3.55 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
| 1950s | 13.2 terawatt-hours | 34.8 terawatt-hours | 21.6 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1960s | 21.36 terawatt-hours | 66.21 terawatt-hours | 44.85 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1970s | 48.64 terawatt-hours | 121.95 terawatt-hours | 73.31 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1980s | 38.88 terawatt-hours | 129.42 terawatt-hours | 90.53 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1990s | 23.51 terawatt-hours | 81.87 terawatt-hours | 58.36 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 2000s | 32 terawatt-hours | 73.16 terawatt-hours | 41.16 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 2010s | 32.44 terawatt-hours | 57.43 terawatt-hours | 24.99 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 2020s | 30.65 terawatt-hours | 27.99 terawatt-hours | 2.66 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal production, Brazil or Romania?
- Brazil, at 32.18 terawatt-hours against 21.89 terawatt-hours in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal production between Brazil and Romania?
- 10.29 terawatt-hours, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Romania?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Romania rank globally for coal production?
- Brazil ranks 29th and Romania ranks 31st 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.