India vs Indonesia: Coal production
India
4,992 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Indonesia
4,454 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India rank
2nd
Indonesia rank
3rd
Coal production over time
- India
- Indonesia
How they compare
India currently reports 4,992 terawatt-hours against 4,454 terawatt-hours in Indonesia, a difference of 538 terawatt-hours.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was India ahead.
India ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 3rd of 219 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 58.06 terawatt-hours | 2.48 terawatt-hours | 55.58 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1910s | 108.64 terawatt-hours | 5.63 terawatt-hours | 103.01 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1920s | 133.85 terawatt-hours | 10.57 terawatt-hours | 123.28 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1930s | 151.45 terawatt-hours | 10.8 terawatt-hours | 140.66 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1940s | 186.49 terawatt-hours | 4.54 terawatt-hours | 181.95 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1950s | 251.73 terawatt-hours | 6.54 terawatt-hours | 245.18 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1960s | 412.28 terawatt-hours | 3.16 terawatt-hours | 409.11 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1970s | 563.19 terawatt-hours | 1.65 terawatt-hours | 561.54 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1980s | 855.9 terawatt-hours | 16.75 terawatt-hours | 839.16 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1990s | 1,515 terawatt-hours | 267.48 terawatt-hours | 1,248 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2000s | 2,197 terawatt-hours | 1,076 terawatt-hours | 1,121 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2010s | 3,188 terawatt-hours | 2,707 terawatt-hours | 481.01 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2020s | 4,342 terawatt-hours | 4,035 terawatt-hours | 306.95 terawatt-hours | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal production, India or Indonesia?
- India, at 4,992 terawatt-hours against 4,454 terawatt-hours in Indonesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal production between India and Indonesia?
- 538 terawatt-hours, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do India and Indonesia rank globally for coal production?
- India ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 3rd 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.