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THE GLOBAL INDEX #093

Coal production2024

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 territoryChina26,245.02 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2024
01China
26,245.02
02India
5,015.15
03Indonesia
4,714.22
04Australia
3,282.57
05United States
2,947.84
06Russia
2,533.17
07South Africa
1,545.2
08Mongolia
563.78
09Kazakhstan
540.02
10Colombia
421.39

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Coal production · 2024 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01China26,245.022024
02India5,015.152024
03Indonesia4,714.222024
04Australia3,282.572024
05United States2,947.842024
06Russia2,533.172024
07South Africa1,545.22024
08Mongolia563.782024
09Kazakhstan540.022024
10Colombia421.392024
11Poland385.932024
12Canada317.62024
13Vietnam285.452024
14Germany228.762024
15Türkiye207.792024
16Ukraine105.562024
17Pakistan99.382024
18Czechia95.792024
19Serbia62.662024
20Zimbabwe43.482024
21Thailand36.732024
22Mexico35.862024
23Brazil29.822024
24Bulgaria29.192024
25Uzbekistan24.832024
26Romania22.292024
27New Zealand17.612024
28Greece9.22024
29Hungary7.382024
30Japan3.652024
31South Korea2.982024
32Venezuela1.852024
33United Kingdom0.832024
34Spain0.232024

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/]"
}