Per capita daily coal consumption (short tons per capita per day) by country

Per capita data has been generated by World Bank staff by taking Energy consumption data [U.S EIA] and applying country population data from the World Bank Group - World Development Indicators.

Countries reporting

194

Highest

0.0599 short tons per capita per day

Australia

Lowest

0 short tons per capita per day

Samoa

Median

0 short tons per capita per day

Years covered

1980–2019

Data points

7,302

What the numbers show

Per capita daily coal consumption (short tons per capita per day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 0.0599 short tons per capita per day in Australia; the lowest is 0 short tons per capita per day in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 short tons per capita per day, and the mean is 0.0015 short tons per capita per day.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 23,076.2%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 100.0%).

Per capita daily coal consumption: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Australia	0.0599 short tons per capita per day	2019	up 5.5%	rising
1	Djibouti	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
2	Mongolia	0.0442 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 275.1%	volatile
3	Kazakhstan	0.0188 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 0.9%	rising
4	Serbia	0.0163 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 2.4%	rising
5	South Africa	0.0135 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 11.8%	flat
6	Bulgaria	0.013 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 12.1%	rising
7	Czechia	0.0116 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 29.0%	falling
8	Russia	0.0091 short tons per capita per day	2019	up 56.6%	rising
9	Poland	0.0089 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 16.4%	falling
10	China	0.0084 short tons per capita per day	2019	up 18.7%	volatile
11	Montenegro	0.0077 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 9.1%	rising
12	Greece	0.0076 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 56.7%	rising
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0064 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 17.3%	rising
14	Indonesia	0.0062 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 90.6%	volatile
15	Laos	0.0059 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 2,262.9%	volatile
16	United States	0.0059 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 38.6%	falling
17	Colombia	0.0049 short tons per capita per day	2019	up 0.1%	volatile
18	Canada	0.0048 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 17.6%	falling
19	Germany	0.0048 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 30.0%	falling
20	Slovenia	0.0045 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 30.7%	falling
21	Romania	0.0037 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 30.5%	falling
22	Botswana	0.0033 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 131.9%	rising
23	Turkey	0.0033 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 3.2%	rising
24	Hungary	0.0021 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 21.3%	falling
25	New Zealand	0.0018 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 41.9%	rising
26	Ukraine	0.0018 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 57.9%	falling
27	India	0.0014 short tons per capita per day	2019	up 16.1%	rising
28	Vietnam	0.0013 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 6.1%	volatile
29	Mozambique	0.0012 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 23,076.2%	volatile
30	Kyrgyzstan	0.0011 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 300.1%	volatile
31	Slovakia	0.0008 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 43.8%	falling
32	Bhutan	0.0007 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 98.7%	volatile
33	Tajikistan	0.0007 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 683.1%	volatile
34	Thailand	0.0006 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 22.0%	rising
35	Uzbekistan	0.0004 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 4.2%	falling
36	Philippines	0.0004 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 208.3%	volatile
37	Chile	0.0003 short tons per capita per day	2019	up 125.1%	volatile
38	Malaysia	0.0003 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 82.7%	volatile
39	Mexico	0.0002 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 30.0%	rising
40	Afghanistan	0.0002 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 425.5%	volatile
41	Spain	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 79.8%	volatile
42	Georgia	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 1,205.0%	volatile
43	United Kingdom	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 88.7%	volatile
44	Brazil	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 12.9%	falling
45	Norway	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 95.9%	volatile
46	Pakistan	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 2.1%	falling
47	South Korea	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 58.9%	volatile
48	Iran	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 4.3%	falling
49	Myanmar	0.0001 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 186.9%	volatile
50	Venezuela	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 91.9%	volatile
51	Tanzania	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 2,962.0%	volatile
52	Niger	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 8.2%	falling
53	Peru	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 120.5%	volatile
54	Japan	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 37.4%	volatile
55	Bangladesh	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 21.9%	volatile
56	Albania	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 78.1%	volatile
57	Malawi	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 37.8%	rising
58	Nepal	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 71.4%	volatile
59	Argentina	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 76.5%	volatile
60	Nigeria	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	up 33.7%	volatile
61	Aruba	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Angola	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	United Arab Emirates	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Armenia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	American Samoa	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Antigua and Barbuda	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Austria	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Azerbaijan	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Burundi	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Belgium	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Benin	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Burkina Faso	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Bahrain	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Bahamas	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Belarus	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Belize	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Bermuda	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Bolivia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Barbados	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Brunei	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Central African Republic	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Switzerland	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Cote d'Ivoire	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Cameroon	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Democratic Republic of Congo	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Congo	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Comoros	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Costa Rica	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Cuba	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Cayman Islands	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Cyprus	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Dominica	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Denmark	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Dominican Republic	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Algeria	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Ecuador	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Egypt	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
61	Eritrea	0 short tons per capita per day	2011	—	flat
61	Estonia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Ethiopia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Finland	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Fiji	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	France	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Micronesia (country)	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	—	flat
61	Gabon	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Ghana	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Guinea	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Gambia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Guinea-Bissau	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Equatorial Guinea	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Grenada	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Greenland	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Guatemala	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Guam	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Guyana	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Hong Kong	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Honduras	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Croatia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Haiti	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Ireland	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Iraq	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Iceland	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Israel	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Italy	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	down 100.0%	volatile
61	Jamaica	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Jordan	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Kenya	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Cambodia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Kiribati	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Kuwait	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Lebanon	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Liberia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Libya	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Saint Lucia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Sri Lanka	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Lesotho	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Lithuania	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Luxembourg	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Latvia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Macao	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Morocco	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Moldova	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Madagascar	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Maldives	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Mali	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Malta	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Northern Mariana Islands	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	—	flat
61	Mauritania	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Mauritius	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Namibia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	New Caledonia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Nicaragua	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Netherlands	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Nauru	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Oman	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Panama	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Papua New Guinea	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Puerto Rico	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Portugal	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Paraguay	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Palestine	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	French Polynesia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Qatar	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Rwanda	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Saudi Arabia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Sudan	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Senegal	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Singapore	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Solomon Islands	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Sierra Leone	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	El Salvador	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Somalia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	South Sudan	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Suriname	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Sweden	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	volatile
61	Seychelles	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Syria	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Chad	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Togo	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Turkmenistan	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	East Timor	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Tonga	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Trinidad and Tobago	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Tunisia	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Tuvalu	0 short tons per capita per day	2018	—	flat
61	Uganda	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Uruguay	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	United States Virgin Islands	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Vanuatu	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat
61	Samoa	0 short tons per capita per day	2019	—	flat

About this data

Indicator: Per capita daily coal consumption (short tons per capita per day)
Unit: short tons per capita per day
Source: U.S Energy Information Administration. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 7,302 data points, 1980–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

Per capita data has been generated by World Bank staff by taking Energy consumption data [U.S EIA] and applying country population data from the World Bank Group - World Development Indicators.