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THE GLOBAL INDEX #093

Coal production2022

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 territoryChina25,365.63 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2022
01China
25,365.63
02India
4,180.38
03Indonesia
3,875.84
04United States
3,353.04
05Australia
3,246.49
06Russia
2,593.01
07South Africa
1,511.8
08Kazakhstan
540.98
09Colombia
533.66
10Poland
475.17

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Coal production · 2022 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01China25,365.632022
02India4,180.382022
03Indonesia3,875.842022
04United States3,353.042022
05Australia3,246.492022
06Russia2,593.012022
07South Africa1,511.82022
08Kazakhstan540.982022
09Colombia533.662022
10Poland475.172022
11Canada337.712022
12Germany331.342022
13Vietnam324.72022
14Türkiye229.32022
15Mongolia208.172022
16Czechia132.672022
17Ukraine123.252022
18Serbia69.532022
19Bulgaria68.712022
20Pakistan64.012022
21Thailand39.32022
22Mexico38.222022
23Romania32.292022
24Brazil30.292022
25Zimbabwe29.552022
26Greece19.292022
27New Zealand18.332022
28Uzbekistan17.652022
29Hungary9.062022
30United Kingdom4.992022
31Japan4.72022
32South Korea4.492022
33Venezuela1.372022
34Spain0.392022

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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/]"
}