Bulgaria vs Zimbabwe: Coal production
Bulgaria
34.3 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Zimbabwe
53.58 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
27th
Zimbabwe rank
25th
Coal production over time
- Bulgaria
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 53.58 terawatt-hours against 34.3 terawatt-hours in Bulgaria, a difference of 19.28 terawatt-hours.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.6 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 27th and Zimbabwe ranks 25th of 219 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 11 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.6378 terawatt-hours | 0.5609 terawatt-hours | 0.0769 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 2.02 terawatt-hours | 2.7 terawatt-hours | 0.6753 terawatt-hours | Zimbabwe |
| 1920s | 5.04 terawatt-hours | 5.92 terawatt-hours | 0.8788 terawatt-hours | Zimbabwe |
| 1930s | 7.62 terawatt-hours | 6.25 terawatt-hours | 1.36 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 15.8 terawatt-hours | 13.23 terawatt-hours | 2.57 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 41.09 terawatt-hours | 24.72 terawatt-hours | 16.37 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 100.09 terawatt-hours | 23.29 terawatt-hours | 76.8 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 111.11 terawatt-hours | 26.54 terawatt-hours | 84.57 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 61.98 terawatt-hours | 27.69 terawatt-hours | 34.3 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 58.66 terawatt-hours | 40.41 terawatt-hours | 18.25 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 52.57 terawatt-hours | 22.66 terawatt-hours | 29.91 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 61.89 terawatt-hours | 23.74 terawatt-hours | 38.15 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 45.44 terawatt-hours | 34.77 terawatt-hours | 10.67 terawatt-hours | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal production, Bulgaria or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 53.58 terawatt-hours against 34.3 terawatt-hours in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal production between Bulgaria and Zimbabwe?
- 19.28 terawatt-hours, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Zimbabwe?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Zimbabwe rank globally for coal production?
- Bulgaria ranks 27th and Zimbabwe ranks 25th 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.