Coal production per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
213
Highest
158,792 kilowatt-hours per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Netherlands Antilles
Median
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
326
1700–2025
Data points
14,879

What the numbers show

Coal production per person is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 158,792 kilowatt-hours per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours per person in Netherlands Antilles.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 2,458 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 3,064.9%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 100.0%).

Coal production per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 158,792 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 269.9% volatile
2 Australia 112,126 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.5% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 27,273 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.1% falling
4 South Africa 23,973 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.9% volatile
5 China 18,569 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 21.9% volatile
6 Russia 17,674 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.5% rising
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17,392 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 133.6% volatile
8 Indonesia 15,589 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 44.2% volatile
9 Serbia 10,047 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.4% falling
10 Poland 9,782 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 39.2% volatile
11 Czechia 9,132 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 51.2% falling
12 Laos 9,002 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 928.1% volatile
13 United States 8,832 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 42.4% falling
14 Canada 7,542 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.8% flat
15 Colombia 7,170 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 51.4% volatile
16 Montenegro 7,140 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 1.2% rising
17 Botswana 6,382 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 23.8% volatile
18 North Korea 6,204 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 31.0% volatile
19 Bulgaria 5,108 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 46.3% volatile
20 New Zealand 3,492 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.0% falling
21 Mozambique 3,491 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 77.4% volatile
22 India 3,410 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 38.6% volatile
23 Slovenia 3,302 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 32.1% falling
24 Zimbabwe 3,161 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 40.0% volatile
25 Vietnam 2,924 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 0.0% volatile
26 North Macedonia 2,888 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 52.2% falling
27 Kyrgyzstan 2,764 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 97.4% volatile
28 Germany 2,537 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.2% falling
29 Eswatini 2,113 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 162.3% volatile
30 Turkey 2,048 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 10.1% volatile
31 Ukraine 1,869 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 57.1% volatile
32 Tajikistan 1,561 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 128.8% volatile
33 Bhutan 1,209 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 122.6% volatile
34 Romania 1,158 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.0% volatile
35 Uzbekistan 885.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 139.1% falling
36 Greece 800.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 86.9% volatile
37 Philippines 791.61 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 67.3% volatile
38 Zambia 650.12 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 805.7% volatile
39 Malaysia 624.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 12.5% volatile
40 Thailand 501.18 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.2% volatile
41 Albania 496.18 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 3,064.9% volatile
42 Peru 446.77 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 579.7% volatile
43 Venezuela 431.6 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 93.9% volatile
44 Hungary 421.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 76.5% volatile
45 Pakistan 371.61 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 366.7% volatile
46 Georgia 220.49 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 44.8% volatile
47 Myanmar 194.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 138.9% volatile
48 Tanzania 194 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 426.4% volatile
49 Norway 167.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 93.7% volatile
50 Iran 167.32 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 55.5% volatile
51 Afghanistan 159.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 62.4% volatile
52 Brazil 151.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.8% volatile
53 Ethiopia 58.25 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
54 South Korea 44.53 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 75.4% volatile
55 Nigeria 38.16 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 61.1% volatile
56 Mexico 31.77 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 95.2% rising
57 Bangladesh 30.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 17.2% volatile
58 Japan 25.7 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.8% volatile
59 Niger 23.68 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 71.9% volatile
60 United Kingdom 13.8 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 98.5% volatile
61 Malawi 10.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 62.3% falling
62 Chile 7.31 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 99.2% volatile
63 Cambodia 5.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
64 Nepal 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 81.4% volatile
65 Argentina 0.3283 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 96.2% volatile
66 Armenia 0.0667 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 United Arab Emirates 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Belgium 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Belarus 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Brunei 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Denmark 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Spain 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 100.0% volatile
67 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Finland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 France 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Guatemala 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Croatia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Israel 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
67 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Morocco 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Netherlands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Rwanda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Senegal 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Slovakia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 100.0% falling
67 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Taiwan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
67 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
67 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Coal production per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 14,879 data points, 1700–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.