Global Coal Consumption

Updated on 03.06.2024

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Middle School High School

Life and earth sciences

World consumption has continued to make progress worldwide, and the first months of 2023 confirm this worrying trend for the energy transition. Indonesia is a particular case: coal consumption has risen by 60%, largely due to the boom in the nickel industry, an important component in batteries for electric cars.

Global Coal Consumption (in exajoules*)

Source: Statistical Review of World Energy 2023
Country	2021	2022	2021-2022 Change	Part dans la consommation mondiale de charbon
China	87.5	88,4	1 %	54.8%
India	19.3	20.1	4.1 %	12.4%
United States	10.6	9.9	-6.7 %	6.1%
Indonesia	2,7	4,4	59,4 %	2.7%
South Africa	3,5	3,3	-5,6 %	2.1%
Russia	3.4	3.2	-6.8 %	2.0%
South Korea	3	2.9	-5.3 %	1.8%
Germany	2.2	2.3	4.1 %	1.4%
Vietnam	2.2	2	-5 %	1.3%
Poland	1.9	1.8	-5.2 %	1.1%
Turkey	1.7	1.7	0.5 %	1.1%
Total World	160.4	161.5	0.6 %	100%