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THE GLOBAL INDEX #093

Coal production2019

Coal production expressed in terawatt-hours of energy, rather than tonnes of material.

Our World in Data · Energy
Limited coverage The selected year has lower coverage than the default comparison year. Missing economies can materially affect ranks.
Comparable ranking year2016Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data34 / 217No observation: 183
First-ranked country or territoryChina22,154.44 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2019
01China
22,154.44
02United States
3,969.05
03Australia
3,660.43
04Indonesia
3,566.63
05India
3,498.88
06Russia
2,563.6
07South Africa
1,672.68
08Colombia
707.02
09Kazakhstan
522.39
10Poland
518.82

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Coal production · 2019 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01China22,154.442019
02United States3,969.052019
03Australia3,660.432019
04Indonesia3,566.632019
05India3,498.882019
06Russia2,563.62019
07South Africa1,672.682019
08Colombia707.022019
09Kazakhstan522.392019
10Poland518.822019
11Canada334.612019
12Germany330.532019
13Mongolia302.312019
14Vietnam302.112019
15Türkiye201.772019
16Ukraine166.362019
17Czechia156.242019
18Serbia79.382019
19Mexico64.022019
20Bulgaria55.072019
21Romania45.682019
22Thailand41.072019
23Pakistan36.72019
24Greece35.912019
25Brazil25.142019
26New Zealand20.792019
27United Kingdom19.722019
28Zimbabwe19.72019
29Uzbekistan13.432019
30Hungary11.552019
31South Korea5.962019
32Japan4.892019
33Venezuela3.342019
34Spain0.682019

How this ranking works

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No observation (183)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Coal production expressed in terawatt-hours of energy, rather than tonnes of material.
Unit
TWh
Source & definition
Our World in Data · Energy · owid:coal_production
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Original metadata
Measured in terawatt-hours.

{
  "column": "coal_production",
  "title": "Coal production",
  "description": "Measured in terawatt-hours.",
  "unit": "terawatt-hours (TWh)",
  "source": "Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) [https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/]; The Shift Data Portal - Energy production from fossil fuels (2019) [https://www.theshiftdataportal.org/]"
}