Coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Coal production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
68th
of 220 countries
All-time high
3.91 terawatt-hours
in 1955
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1900–2024
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo is 0 terawatt-hours, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
Over the whole period, coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 3.91 terawatt-hours in 1955 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1900.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 68th of 220 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 in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1901 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1902 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1903 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1904 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1905 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1906 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1907 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1908 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1909 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1910 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1911 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1912 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1913 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1914 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1915 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1916 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1917 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1918 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1919 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1920 | 0.0163 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1921 | 0.0244 terawatt-hours | +50.0% |
| 1922 | 0.2442 terawatt-hours | +900.0% |
| 1923 | 0.4966 terawatt-hours | +103.3% |
| 1924 | 0.6594 terawatt-hours | +32.8% |
| 1925 | 0.5292 terawatt-hours | -19.8% |
| 1926 | 0.7327 terawatt-hours | +38.5% |
| 1927 | 0.7083 terawatt-hours | -3.3% |
| 1928 | 0.7978 terawatt-hours | +12.6% |
| 1929 | 0.8467 terawatt-hours | +6.1% |
| 1930 | 1.09 terawatt-hours | +28.8% |
| 1931 | 0.7001 terawatt-hours | -35.8% |
| 1932 | 0.1384 terawatt-hours | -80.2% |
| 1933 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 1934 | 0.0407 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1935 | 0.0896 terawatt-hours | +120.0% |
| 1936 | 0.114 terawatt-hours | +27.3% |
| 1937 | 0.2931 terawatt-hours | +157.1% |
| 1938 | 0.3419 terawatt-hours | +16.7% |
| 1939 | 0.2198 terawatt-hours | -35.7% |
| 1940 | 0.1954 terawatt-hours | -11.1% |
| 1941 | 0.2524 terawatt-hours | +29.2% |
| 1942 | 0.3419 terawatt-hours | +35.5% |
| 1943 | 0.5699 terawatt-hours | +66.7% |
| 1944 | 0.3989 terawatt-hours | -30.0% |
| 1945 | 0.4071 terawatt-hours | +2.0% |
| 1946 | 0.8304 terawatt-hours | +104.0% |
| 1947 | 0.8304 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.9525 terawatt-hours | +14.7% |
| 1949 | 1.24 terawatt-hours | +29.9% |
| 1950 | 1.3 terawatt-hours | +5.3% |
| 1951 | 1.77 terawatt-hours | +36.3% |
| 1952 | 2.06 terawatt-hours | +16.1% |
| 1953 | 2.56 terawatt-hours | +24.5% |
| 1954 | 3.09 terawatt-hours | +20.3% |
| 1955 | 3.91 terawatt-hours | +26.6% |
| 1956 | 3.42 terawatt-hours | -12.5% |
| 1957 | 3.53 terawatt-hours | +3.1% |
| 1958 | 2.39 terawatt-hours | -32.1% |
| 1959 | 2.17 terawatt-hours | -9.2% |
| 1960 | 1.33 terawatt-hours | -39.0% |
| 1961 | 0.5943 terawatt-hours | -55.2% |
| 1962 | 0.6187 terawatt-hours | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 0.749 terawatt-hours | +21.1% |
| 1964 | 0.8141 terawatt-hours | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 0.9281 terawatt-hours | +14.0% |
| 1966 | 0.9199 terawatt-hours | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 1.08 terawatt-hours | +17.7% |
| 1968 | 0.578 terawatt-hours | -46.6% |
| 1969 | 0.5292 terawatt-hours | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 0.8304 terawatt-hours | +56.9% |
| 1971 | 0.9118 terawatt-hours | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 1.04 terawatt-hours | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 0.9362 terawatt-hours | -10.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7164 terawatt-hours | -23.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7815 terawatt-hours | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 0.8874 terawatt-hours | +13.5% |
| 1977 | 1.04 terawatt-hours | +17.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8711 terawatt-hours | -16.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8141 terawatt-hours | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 1.04 terawatt-hours | +27.9% |
| 1981 | 1.06 terawatt-hours | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.9279 terawatt-hours | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8524 terawatt-hours | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9128 terawatt-hours | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 0.82 terawatt-hours | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 0.8978 terawatt-hours | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9203 terawatt-hours | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9279 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.943 terawatt-hours | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.9505 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | +900.0% | 0.0244 terawatt-hours | 0.2442 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.5056 terawatt-hours | 0.0163 terawatt-hours | 0.8467 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.3028 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 1.09 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.6016 terawatt-hours | 0.1954 terawatt-hours | 1.24 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 2.62 terawatt-hours | 1.3 terawatt-hours | 3.91 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8141 terawatt-hours | 0.5292 terawatt-hours | 1.33 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8833 terawatt-hours | 0.7164 terawatt-hours | 1.04 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9299 terawatt-hours | 0.82 terawatt-hours | 1.06 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0951 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.9505 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo
- 65 Nepal 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
- 66 Argentina 0.015 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Armenia 0.0002 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Finland 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 France 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Italy 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Micronesia (country) 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Slovakia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 68 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 68 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.4362 % 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 36.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Coal production in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0 terawatt-hours 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 recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.91 terawatt-hours in 1955.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1900.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for coal production?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.