Electricity production from coal sources rose 4.67% to 1,141,357 GWh in India in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from coal sources in India reached an all time high of 1,141,357 GWh in 2017 and an all time low of 32,590 GWh in 1971.
India has been ranked 3rd within the group of 27 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from coal sources.
| Electricity Production from Coal Sources | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Afghanistan | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bangladesh | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 780 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Bhutan | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | GWh | 3,695,410 | 3,755,839 | 4,074,171 | 4,070,941 | 4,042,505 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | GWh | 701,255 | 787,130 | 847,969 | 949,931 | 1,006,555 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | GWh | 425 | 400 | 459 | 530 | 462 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | GWh | 281,577 | 330,798 | 359,246 | 353,086 | 346,687 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | GWh | 52,300 | 55,621 | 53,663 | 53,693 | 60,129 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 560 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Pakistan | GWh | 96.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | GWh | 165,011 | 169,163 | 161,872 | 158,702 | 158,552 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,038 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | GWh | 1,876,340 | 1,640,796 | 1,713,944 | 1,713,690 | 1,468,296 |
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