Coal production in Nepal
Nepal: Coal production was 0.02 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.02 terawatt-hours
Change on year
down 68.4%
World rank
65th
of 220 countries
All-time high
0.1395 terawatt-hours
in 2021
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production 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 terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 0.02 terawatt-hours for coal production in 2024.
The figure is down 68.4% on the previous year and down 80.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal production in Nepal peaked at 0.1395 terawatt-hours in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1900.
Nepal ranks 65th 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 Nepal, 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 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1921 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1922 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1923 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1924 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1925 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1926 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1927 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1928 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1929 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1930 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1931 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1932 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1933 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1934 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1935 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1936 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1937 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1938 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1939 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1940 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1941 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1942 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1943 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1944 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1945 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1946 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1947 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1948 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1949 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1950 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1951 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1952 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1953 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1954 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1955 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1956 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1957 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1958 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1959 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1960 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1961 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1962 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1963 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1964 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0.0188 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 1968 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1971 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1977 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1978 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1979 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1982 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1983 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1984 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 0.0103 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0.0114 terawatt-hours | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0125 terawatt-hours | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0286 terawatt-hours | +129.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0286 terawatt-hours | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0287 terawatt-hours | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0372 terawatt-hours | +29.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0528 terawatt-hours | +42.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0864 terawatt-hours | +63.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0816 terawatt-hours | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.048 terawatt-hours | -41.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0576 terawatt-hours | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0528 terawatt-hours | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0432 terawatt-hours | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0445 terawatt-hours | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0574 terawatt-hours | +29.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0672 terawatt-hours | +17.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0665 terawatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0712 terawatt-hours | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0567 terawatt-hours | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0632 terawatt-hours | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0772 terawatt-hours | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0912 terawatt-hours | +18.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1004 terawatt-hours | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0902 terawatt-hours | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0989 terawatt-hours | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1083 terawatt-hours | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1178 terawatt-hours | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 0.128 terawatt-hours | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1319 terawatt-hours | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1395 terawatt-hours | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0903 terawatt-hours | -35.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0634 terawatt-hours | -29.8% |
| 2024 | 0.02 terawatt-hours | -68.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.02 terawatt-hours is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.4885 terawatt-hours, 4% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coal production 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 | +129.0% | 0.0125 terawatt-hours | 0.0286 terawatt-hours |
| 1967 | -100.0% | 0.0188 terawatt-hours | 0 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 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0019 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0188 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0297 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0864 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.059 terawatt-hours | 0.0432 terawatt-hours | 0.0816 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0932 terawatt-hours | 0.0567 terawatt-hours | 0.128 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.089 terawatt-hours | 0.02 terawatt-hours | 0.1395 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 62 Malawi 0.2286 terawatt-hours compare
- 63 Chile 0.1445 terawatt-hours compare
- 64 Cambodia 0.0952 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 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 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 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 in Nepal?
- Coal production in Nepal was 0.02 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1395 terawatt-hours in 2021.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1900.
- How does Nepal rank for coal production?
- Nepal ranks 65th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coal production rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.1%. 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.