Coal production per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
89
Highest
158,792 kilowatt-hours per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Portugal
Median
421.26 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 89 countries. The highest value is 158,792 kilowatt-hours per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours per person in Portugal.

The median across all reporting countries is 421.26 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 6,047 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 3,064.9%), and the largest decrease in Italy (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 USSR 14,584 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 down 0.2% volatile
10 Serbia 10,047 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.4% falling
11 Poland 9,782 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 39.2% volatile
12 Czechia 9,132 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 51.2% falling
13 Laos 9,002 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 928.1% volatile
14 United States 8,832 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 42.4% falling
15 Canada 7,542 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.8% flat
16 Colombia 7,170 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 51.4% volatile
17 Montenegro 7,140 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 1.2% rising
18 Botswana 6,382 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 23.8% volatile
19 North Korea 6,204 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 31.0% volatile
20 Bulgaria 5,108 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 46.3% volatile
21 New Zealand 3,492 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.0% falling
22 Mozambique 3,491 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 77.4% volatile
23 India 3,410 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 38.6% volatile
24 Slovenia 3,302 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 32.1% falling
25 Zimbabwe 3,161 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 40.0% volatile
26 Vietnam 2,924 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 0.0% volatile
27 North Macedonia 2,888 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 52.2% falling
28 Kyrgyzstan 2,764 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 97.4% volatile
29 Germany 2,537 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.2% falling
30 Eswatini 2,113 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 162.3% volatile
31 Turkey 2,048 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 10.1% volatile
32 Ukraine 1,869 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 57.1% volatile
33 Tajikistan 1,561 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 128.8% volatile
34 Bhutan 1,209 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 122.6% volatile
35 Romania 1,158 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.0% volatile
36 Uzbekistan 885.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 139.1% falling
37 Greece 800.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 86.9% volatile
38 Philippines 791.61 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 67.3% volatile
39 Zambia 650.12 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 805.7% volatile
40 Malaysia 624.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 12.5% volatile
41 Thailand 501.18 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.2% volatile
42 Albania 496.18 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 3,064.9% volatile
43 Peru 446.77 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 579.7% volatile
44 Venezuela 431.6 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 93.9% volatile
45 Hungary 421.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 76.5% volatile
46 Pakistan 371.61 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 366.7% volatile
47 Georgia 220.49 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 44.8% volatile
48 Myanmar 194.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 138.9% volatile
49 Tanzania 194 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 426.4% volatile
50 Norway 167.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 93.7% volatile
51 Iran 167.32 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 55.5% volatile
52 Afghanistan 159.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 62.4% volatile
53 Brazil 151.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.8% volatile
54 Ethiopia 58.25 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
55 South Korea 44.53 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 75.4% volatile
56 Nigeria 38.16 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 61.1% volatile
57 Mexico 31.77 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 95.2% rising
58 Bangladesh 30.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 17.2% volatile
59 Japan 25.7 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.8% volatile
60 Niger 23.68 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 71.9% volatile
61 United Kingdom 13.8 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 98.5% volatile
62 Malawi 10.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 62.3% falling
63 Chile 7.31 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 99.2% volatile
64 Cambodia 5.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
65 Nepal 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 81.4% volatile
66 Argentina 0.3283 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 96.2% volatile
67 Armenia 0.0667 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Croatia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Taiwan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Belgium 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Morocco 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
68 Netherlands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Denmark 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Slovakia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 100.0% falling
68 Spain 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 100.0% volatile
68 Ireland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 France 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile
68 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 — volatile

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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
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.