Anthracite Coal Consumption by Country

Anthracite coal consumption by country measures the amount of anthracite consumed in each country, measured in million metric tons (Mmt) per year. Anthracite is a high-carbon form of coal known for its high energy content and low volatile matter, and it is used in steelmaking, heating and other industrial applications. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 104 countries with a reported 2024 value and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 606.1 Mmt in 2024, up from 579.8 Mmt in 2023.

The map highlights where anthracite consumption is most concentrated in 2024; the table below holds the full 2019-2024 series. This is not just a ranking — the paragraphs below explain what the numbers reveal that the table alone does not.

Anthracite Coal Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2024 (Mmt)
1	China CN	518.94
2	Vietnam VN	48.15
3	North Korea KP	11.97
4	South Korea KR	5.54
5	Japan JP	3.63
6	Russia RU	2.76
7	South Africa ZA	2.66
8	Indonesia ID	2.2
9	India IN	2.07
10	Ukraine UA	1.81
11	United States US	1.15
12	Türkiye TR	0.99
13	Laos LA	0.98
14	Germany DE	0.41
15	United Kingdom GB	0.32
16	Canada CA	0.28
17	Albania AL	0.21
18	France FR	0.2
19	Jordan JO	0.17
20	Philippines PH	0.17
21	Malaysia MY	0.12
22	Saudi Arabia SA	0.12
23	Iceland IS	0.12
24	Mexico MX	0.09
25	Belgium BE	0.09
26	Moldova MD	0.08
27	Ireland IE	0.07
28	Spain ES	0.07
29	Thailand TH	0.06
30	Tajikistan TJ	0.06
31	Italy IT	0.06
32	Australia AU	0.05
33	Taiwan TW	0.04
34	Bulgaria BG	0.04
35	Oman OM	0.03
36	Slovakia SK	0.03
37	Uzbekistan UZ	0.03
38	Bangladesh BD	0.03
39	Morocco MA	0.03
40	Peru PE	0.03
41	Poland PL	0.02
42	Czech Republic CZ	0.02
43	Romania RO	0.02
44	Armenia AM	0.02
45	Bolivia BO	0.02
46	Sweden SE	0.02
47	Ecuador EC	0.02
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.01
49	Serbia RS	0.01
50	Chile CL	0.01
51	Egypt EG	0.01
52	Switzerland CH	0.01
53	Colombia CO	0.01
54	United Arab Emirates AE	0.01
55	Singapore SG	0.01
56	Luxembourg LU	0.01
57	Kyrgyzstan KG	0.01
58	Netherlands NL	0
59	Pakistan PK	0
60	Croatia HR	0
61	Hungary HU	0
62	Portugal PT	0
63	Austria AT	0
64	Georgia GE	0
65	North Macedonia MK	0
66	Paraguay PY	0
67	Madagascar MG	0
68	Syria SY	0
69	Puerto Rico PR	0
70	Cuba CU	0
71	Latvia LV	0
72	Kazakhstan KZ	0
73	DR Congo CD	0
74	Venezuela VE	0
75	Kosovo XK	0
76	Costa Rica CR	0
77	Afghanistan AF	0
78	Belarus BY	0
79	Bermuda BM	0
80	Bhutan BT	0
81	Myanmar MM	0
82	Burundi BI	0
83	Estonia EE	0
84	Finland FI	0
85	Ghana GH	0
86	Guatemala GT	0
87	Hong Kong HK	0
88	Kenya KE	0
89	Kuwait KW	0
90	Lebanon LB	0
91	Lesotho LS	0
92	Lithuania LT	0
93	Malawi MW	0
94	Mongolia MN	0
95	New Caledonia NC	0
96	Panama PA	0
97	Slovenia SI	0
98	Sri Lanka LK	0
99	Tanzania TZ	0
100	Togo TG	0
101	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0
102	Tunisia TN	0
103	Zambia ZM	0
104	Zimbabwe ZW	0

Analysis: China alone accounted for about 86 percent of the reported world total in 2024, and China and Vietnam together for about 94 percent. The top three accounted for about 96 percent, the top five for about 97 percent, and the top ten for about 99 percent. China's anthracite consumption was about 10.8 times that of Vietnam, the second-largest consumer — a gap that explains much of the global structure.

Who Leads Anthracite Coal Consumption?

Data: China (518.9 Mmt) was the largest consumer in 2024, ahead of Vietnam (48.148 Mmt). The next largest were North Korea (11.97 Mmt), South Korea (5.544 Mmt), Japan (3.628 Mmt), Russia (2.758 Mmt) and South Africa (2.661 Mmt). Analysis: The five largest consumers — China, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea and Japan — accounted for about 97 percent of the reported world total. This concentration means that changes in a small number of major consumers have a large effect on the global total.

Where Anthracite Is Concentrated

The ten largest consumers accounted for about 99 percent of the reported world total in 2024, leaving less than 1 percent for the other 94 countries. In Asia, China and Vietnam dominate consumption, followed by North Korea, South Korea and Japan. The distribution shows how heavily anthracite consumption is concentrated in a small number of countries.

What Changed Most Recently? (2023-2024)

Analysis: China saw the largest increase, rising from 495.9 to 518.9 Mmt (up 23.047 Mmt, about 4.6 percent). Ukraine (+1.196 Mmt) and Russia (+0.581 Mmt) also recorded substantial increases. The sharpest decline was Japan, where consumption fell from 4.101 to 3.628 Mmt (down 0.473 Mmt, about 11.5 percent). Overall, the reported world total rose by 26.241 Mmt, or about 4.5 percent, to 606.1 Mmt.

How Has Anthracite Evolved Since 2019?

The reported world total was 543.4 Mmt in 2019, 579.8 Mmt in 2023 and 606.1 Mmt in 2024. For perspective, China's consumption increased from 451.5 to 518.9 Mmt, while Vietnam's rose from 43.157 to 48.148 Mmt. These changes show that the world's largest consumers have remained dominant while also increasing their anthracite use over the period.

Anthracite in Context

Anthracite consumption is highly concentrated, with China and Vietnam alone accounting for about 94 percent of the reported world total in 2024. This makes changes in a small number of markets especially important to the global anthracite consumption trend.

Anthracite Coal Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	451.53	448.42	471	406.26	495.9	518.94
2	Vietnam	43.16	41.78	44.73	44.73	47.92	48.15
3	North Korea	14.15	13.3	10.92	11.27	11.41	11.97
4	South Korea	7.94	7.31	7.37	3.77	5.4	5.54
5	Japan	6.15	5.36	6.05	4.4	4.1	3.63
6	Russia	0.9	1.08	2.94	1.93	2.18	2.76
7	South Africa	2.35	2.09	2.5	1.97	2.11	2.66
8	Indonesia	0.71	1.23	1.61	1.95	2.47	2.2
9	India	2.17	2.29	1.99	2.43	2.2	2.07
10	Ukraine	3.94	2.84	3.44	0.69	0.62	1.81
11	United States	2.03	2.21	0.79	1.35	0.92	1.15
12	Türkiye	0.82	0.83	0.8	0.59	0.74	0.99
13	Laos	0.15	0.12	0.23	0.23	0.48	0.98
14	Germany	0.87	0.68	0.84	0.69	0.56	0.41
15	United Kingdom	0.57	0.55	0.5	0.52	0.18	0.32
16	Canada	0.33	0.36	0.39	0.05	0.37	0.28
17	Albania	0	0	0	0	0.13	0.21
18	France	0.6	0.36	0.45	0.51	0.14	0.2
19	Jordan	0	0	0	0.27	0.17	0.17
20	Philippines	0.43	0.24	0.29	0.3	0.14	0.17
21	Malaysia	0.25	0.18	0.14	0.46	0.22	0.12
22	Saudi Arabia	0.09	0.05	0.06	0.1	0.01	0.12
23	Iceland	0.14	0.12	0.14	0.17	0.13	0.12
24	Mexico	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.06	0.04	0.09
25	Belgium	0.37	0.28	0.27	0.24	0.08	0.09
26	Moldova	0.11	0.11	0.08	0.1	0.09	0.08
27	Ireland	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.07
28	Spain	0.33	0.2	0.13	0.13	0.11	0.07
29	Thailand	0.09	0.12	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.06
30	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.06
31	Italy	0.32	0.33	0.41	0.08	0.07	0.06
32	Australia	0.14	0.06	0.11	0.06	0.03	0.05
33	Taiwan	0.25	0.31	0.26	0.1	0.05	0.04
34	Bulgaria	0.33	0.24	0.2	0.29	0.09	0.04
35	Oman	0.07	0.11	0.06	0.03	0.08	0.03
36	Slovakia	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.03	0.03
37	Uzbekistan	0.02	0	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03
38	Bangladesh	0	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.03
39	Morocco	0.72	0.93	1.06	0.73	0.02	0.03
40	Peru	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.03
41	Poland	0.21	0.25	0.3	0.13	0.07	0.02
42	Czech Republic	0.06	0.11	0.13	0.09	0.02	0.02
43	Romania	0.16	0.13	0.11	0.11	0.04	0.02
44	Armenia	0	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
45	Bolivia	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.02
46	Sweden	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02
47	Ecuador	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.14	0.11	0.09	0.08	0.01	0.01
49	Serbia	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.01
50	Chile	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
51	Egypt	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.01
52	Switzerland	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
53	Colombia	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0.01
54	United Arab Emirates	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.01
55	Singapore	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01
56	Luxembourg	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
57	Kyrgyzstan	0.01	0.04	0.05	0	0.01	0.01
58	Netherlands	0.05	0.02	0.01	0.02	0	0
59	Pakistan	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
60	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
61	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	Portugal	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
63	Austria	0.06	0.02	0.03	0	0	0
64	Georgia	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
65	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	Syria	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
69	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	Venezuela	0.02	0	0	0.01	0	0
75	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Belarus	0.25	0.2	0.18	0.48	0	0
79	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Myanmar	0	0.02	0	0	0	0
82	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	Finland	0	0.01	0.02	0.01	0	0
85	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	Kuwait	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0	0
90	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	New Caledonia	0.03	0.03	0	0	0.03	0
96	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	Slovenia	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0.01	0
98	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0
102	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual anthracite consumption in million metric tons (Mmt). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of the countries listed on this page may not equal the reported world total because the country-level data presented here do not necessarily represent the complete set of values used for the world total. This page covers anthracite consumption only and does not include other coal types, which are reported separately in the source.