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Coal consumption

TWh · higher is better · 79 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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League table

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  1. 1China25,599.3
  2. 2India6,379.8
  3. 3United States2,195.6
  4. 4Indonesia1,311.3
  5. 5Japan1,258.6
  6. 6Russian Federation1,041.4
  7. 7South Africa976.2
  8. 8Korea, Rep.792.4
  9. 9Viet Nam693.4
  10. 10Turkiye499.8
  11. 11Germany438.2
  12. 12Australia423
  13. 13Kazakhstan415.6
  14. 14Taiwan396.5
  15. 15Poland368.9
  16. 16Malaysia300.7
  17. 17Philippines271.3
  18. 18Thailand170.6
  19. 19Brazil147.8
  20. 20Pakistan114.7
  21. 21Ukraine107.1
  22. 22Czechia99.8
  23. 23Bangladesh89.2
  24. 24Canada81.1
  25. 25Mexico78.4
  26. 26Morocco73.7
  27. 27Colombia61.6
  28. 28France49.4
  29. 29Uzbekistan49.3
  30. 30Netherlands48.2
  31. 31United Kingdom47
  32. 32Chile36.3
  33. 33Hong Kong SAR, China34.8
  34. 34Bulgaria31.6
  35. 35Israel30.8
  36. 36Belgium30.6
  37. 37United Arab Emirates30.6
  38. 38Austria28
  39. 39Italy27.9
  40. 40Spain27.4
  41. 41Estonia26.8
  42. 42Romania25.3
  43. 43Slovak Republic22.1
  44. 44Finland20.9
  45. 45Sri Lanka19.4
  46. 46Egypt, Arab Rep.19.1
  47. 47Sweden18.8
  48. 48Iran, Islamic Rep.18.5
  49. 49New Zealand14.7
  50. 50Belarus11.1
  51. 51Greece10.5
  52. 52Slovenia10.1
  53. 53Argentina10
  54. 54Norway8.8
  55. 55Hungary8.8
  56. 56North Macedonia7.3
  57. 57Peru7.1
  58. 58Denmark5.3
  59. 59Ireland4.8
  60. 60Singapore3.5
  61. 61Croatia2.6
  62. 62Venezuela, RB2.5
  63. 63Algeria1.7
  64. 64Saudi Arabia1.7
  65. 65Oman1.4
  66. 66Iceland1.3
  67. 67Lithuania1.1
  68. 68Kuwait1.1
  69. 69Switzerland0.85
  70. 70Luxembourg0.23
  71. 71Cyprus0.18
  72. 72Qatar0.15
  73. 73Latvia0.14
  74. 74Ecuador0.1
  75. 75Portugal0.07
  76. 76Azerbaijan0
  77. 77Iraq0
  78. 77Trinidad and Tobago0
  79. 77Turkmenistan0

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