Coal production per person in Nepal
Nepal: Coal production per person was 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person
Change on year
down 68.4%
World rank
65th
of 219 countries
All-time high
4.73 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2021
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production per person in Nepal, 1900–2024
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.
Analysis
In 2024, coal production per person in Nepal stood at 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 68.4% on the previous year and down 81.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal production per person in Nepal peaked at 4.73 kilowatt-hours per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours per person, in 1900.
Nepal ranks 65th of 219 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coal production per person in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1901 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1902 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1903 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1904 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1905 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1906 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1907 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1908 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1909 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1910 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1911 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1912 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1913 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1914 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1915 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1916 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1917 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1918 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1919 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1920 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1921 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1922 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1923 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1924 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1925 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1926 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1927 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1928 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1929 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1930 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1931 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1932 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1933 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1934 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1935 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1936 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1937 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1938 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1939 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1940 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1941 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1942 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1943 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1944 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1945 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1946 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1947 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1948 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1949 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1950 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1951 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1952 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1953 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1954 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1955 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1956 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1957 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1958 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1959 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1960 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1961 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1963 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1964 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1965 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1966 | 1.65 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1967 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | -100.0% |
| 1968 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1969 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1970 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1972 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1973 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1974 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1975 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1976 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1977 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1978 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1979 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1980 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1981 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1982 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1983 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1984 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1985 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1986 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1987 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1988 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1989 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1990 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.5125 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1992 | 0.552 kilowatt-hours per person | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5894 kilowatt-hours per person | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 1.32 kilowatt-hours per person | +123.3% |
| 1995 | 1.29 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 1.26 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 1.6 kilowatt-hours per person | +27.0% |
| 1998 | 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person | +39.2% |
| 1999 | 3.58 kilowatt-hours per person | +60.6% |
| 2000 | 3.33 kilowatt-hours per person | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 1.92 kilowatt-hours per person | -42.1% |
| 2002 | 2.27 kilowatt-hours per person | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 2.06 kilowatt-hours per person | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 1.66 kilowatt-hours per person | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 1.69 kilowatt-hours per person | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2.16 kilowatt-hours per person | +28.0% |
| 2007 | 2.51 kilowatt-hours per person | +16.1% |
| 2008 | 2.46 kilowatt-hours per person | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 2.62 kilowatt-hours per person | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 2.07 kilowatt-hours per person | -20.9% |
| 2011 | 2.3 kilowatt-hours per person | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 2.8 kilowatt-hours per person | +21.9% |
| 2013 | 3.31 kilowatt-hours per person | +17.9% |
| 2014 | 3.63 kilowatt-hours per person | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 3.24 kilowatt-hours per person | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 3.54 kilowatt-hours per person | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 3.87 kilowatt-hours per person | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 4.19 kilowatt-hours per person | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 4.51 kilowatt-hours per person | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 4.55 kilowatt-hours per person | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 4.73 kilowatt-hours per person | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 3.04 kilowatt-hours per person | -35.8% |
| 2023 | 2.13 kilowatt-hours per person | -29.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person | -68.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 15.53 kilowatt-hours per person, 4% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coal production per person in Nepal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +123.3% | 0.5894 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.32 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 1967 | -100.0% | 1.65 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1648 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.65 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.58 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.27 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.66 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.33 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.35 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.07 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.51 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.03 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.73 kilowatt-hours per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 62 Malawi 10.56 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 63 Chile 7.31 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 64 Cambodia 5.4 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 66 Argentina 0.3283 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 67 Armenia 0.0667 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Belarus 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Belgium 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Brunei 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Croatia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Denmark 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Finland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 France 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Guadeloupe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Guatemala 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Ireland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Israel 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Martinique 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Morocco 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Netherlands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Rwanda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Senegal 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Slovakia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Spain 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Taiwan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 68 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 United Arab Emirates 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 68 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours per person
More energy & mining data for Nepal
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 5.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 23.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal production per person in Nepal?
- Coal production per person in Nepal was 0.6752 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest coal production per person recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 4.73 kilowatt-hours per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest coal production per person recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 1900.
- How does Nepal rank for coal production per person?
- Nepal ranks 65th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coal production per person rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coal production per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.