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THE GLOBAL INDEX #093

Coal production2023

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 territoryChina25,933.82 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2023
01China
25,933.82
02India
4,674.38
03Indonesia
4,370.58
04United States
3,272.01
05Australia
3,262.45
06Russia
2,554.27
07South Africa
1,535.98
08Kazakhstan
558.44
09Colombia
543.25
10Mongolia
440.45

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Coal production · 2023 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01China25,933.822023
02India4,674.382023
03Indonesia4,370.582023
04United States3,272.012023
05Australia3,262.452023
06Russia2,554.272023
07South Africa1,535.982023
08Kazakhstan558.442023
09Colombia543.252023
10Mongolia440.452023
11Poland412.932023
12Canada352.562023
13Vietnam307.792023
14Germany254.482023
15Türkiye178.82023
16Ukraine119.552023
17Czechia113.922023
18Pakistan90.492023
19Serbia64.012023
20Bulgaria40.822023
21Zimbabwe37.412023
22Thailand36.92023
23Mexico35.942023
24Brazil30.172023
25Romania26.132023
26Uzbekistan21.632023
27New Zealand18.272023
28Greece15.252023
29Hungary7.722023
30Japan4.472023
31United Kingdom3.952023
32South Korea3.542023
33Venezuela1.692023
34Spain0.232023

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/]"
}