Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
20.95 kilowatt-hours per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.0001 kilowatt-hours per person
Azerbaijan
Median
1.59 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,195

What the numbers show

Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 20.95 kilowatt-hours per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.0001 kilowatt-hours per person in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.59 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 3.72 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 456.7%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 99.8%).

Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 20.95 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.2% falling
2 Estonia 18.97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 40.6% falling
3 China 18.09 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.1% volatile
4 South Africa 15.64 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.3% rising
5 Taiwan 15.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.9% volatile
6 South Korea 15.35 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.3% volatile
7 Australia 15.03 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.4% rising
8 USSR 14.29 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 down 7.3% flat
9 Czechia 9.98 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 44.7% falling
10 Japan 9.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.5% rising
11 Poland 9.78 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.9% falling
12 Malaysia 8.52 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 31.5% volatile
13 Vietnam 7.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 113.7% volatile
14 United States 6.98 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 47.4% falling
15 Russia 6.86 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.9% falling
16 Bulgaria 5.85 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 45.0% falling
17 Turkey 5.66 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.1% rising
18 Indonesia 5.01 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 146.5% volatile
19 Germany 4.94 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 55.7% falling
20 India 4.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 29.5% volatile
21 North Macedonia 4.21 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.2% falling
22 Hong Kong 3.95 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 62.7% volatile
23 Finland 3.78 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 53.3% rising
24 Slovakia 3.66 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 47.4% falling
25 Austria 2.92 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.7% falling
26 Netherlands 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 61.8% flat
27 Belgium 2.85 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.0% volatile
28 Slovenia 2.59 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 57.0% falling
29 United Arab Emirates 2.55 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 11.1% volatile
30 Ukraine 2.53 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 63.6% falling
31 Iceland 2.31 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 34.0% volatile
32 Thailand 2.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.3% volatile
33 New Zealand 2.29 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.6% falling
34 Chile 2.24 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 52.6% volatile
35 Philippines 2.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 73.2% volatile
36 Israel 2.19 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 76.5% rising
37 Morocco 2.03 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 36.2% volatile
38 Canada 1.71 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 71.3% falling
39 Sweden 1.59 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.7% falling
40 Norway 1.52 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.7% falling
41 Uzbekistan 1.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 214.8% rising
42 Romania 1.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 63.1% falling
43 Belarus 1.2 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 32.3% falling
44 Greece 0.8548 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 85.9% falling
45 Brazil 0.7723 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.0% rising
46 Colombia 0.736 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 40.2% falling
47 Croatia 0.6922 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.9% rising
48 Singapore 0.673 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.3% volatile
49 Bangladesh 0.6698 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 248.5% volatile
50 France 0.66 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.1% volatile
51 Sri Lanka 0.6562 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.0% volatile
52 Ireland 0.6213 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 88.5% falling
53 Pakistan 0.5189 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 66.5% volatile
54 Spain 0.5033 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 85.2% falling
55 Kuwait 0.4961 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.4% volatile
56 Hungary 0.4662 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 83.2% volatile
57 Mexico 0.4589 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 62.4% volatile
58 Italy 0.4044 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 82.9% falling
59 Denmark 0.3614 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 90.3% volatile
60 Lithuania 0.3041 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.3% volatile
61 Oman 0.2491 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 82.2% volatile
62 Peru 0.2042 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 34.0% volatile
63 Iran 0.2037 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 32.6% falling
64 United Kingdom 0.1982 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 95.3% volatile
65 Argentina 0.1869 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 48.6% falling
66 Cyprus 0.1766 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 456.7% volatile
67 Egypt 0.1378 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 47.3% falling
68 Turkmenistan 0.1255 kilowatt-hours per person 1996 down 88.8% volatile
69 Latvia 0.0863 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 68.7% volatile
70 Venezuela 0.0789 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.3% volatile
71 Switzerland 0.0583 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 66.6% volatile
72 Saudi Arabia 0.0504 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 45.7% volatile
73 Qatar 0.0487 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.3% volatile
74 Portugal 0.0056 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 99.8% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.0054 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 41.3% volatile
76 Algeria 0.0046 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 88.1% volatile
77 Azerbaijan 0.0001 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 97.9% volatile

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Indicator
Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
78 places, 4,195 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.