Bituminous Coal Consumption by Country

Bituminous coal consumption by country measures the amount of bituminous coal consumed in each country, measured in million metric tons (Mmt) per year. Bituminous coal is a dense, black coal (45-86% carbon) with high energy content. The EIA describes it as the workhorse coal for electricity generation, industrial processes and coke production. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 124 countries with a reported 2024 value and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 4,449.7 Mmt in 2024, up from 4,337.7 Mmt in 2023.

The map highlights where bituminous coal 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.

Bituminous Coal Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2024 (Mmt)
1	China CN	3,355.96
2	South Africa ZA	160.53
3	United States US	126.56
4	Japan JP	120.46
5	India IN	101.42
6	South Korea KR	83.2
7	Kazakhstan KZ	70.31
8	Russia RU	63.02
9	Taiwan TW	40.84
10	Poland PL	38.47
11	Türkiye TR	34.83
12	Australia AU	28.03
13	Indonesia ID	20.77
14	Thailand TH	19.37
15	Vietnam VN	18.72
16	Ukraine UA	17
17	Pakistan PK	15.76
18	Germany DE	12.28
19	Morocco MA	9.68
20	North Korea KP	9.52
21	Mexico MX	8.7
22	Brazil BR	6.65
23	Colombia CO	6.47
24	France FR	5.4
25	Chile CL	5.1
26	Hong Kong HK	4.75
27	Israel IL	4.43
28	Egypt EG	4.28
29	Zimbabwe ZW	3.96
30	Malaysia MY	3.11
31	Dominican Republic DO	2.91
32	Canada CA	2.83
33	Netherlands NL	2.5
34	United Arab Emirates AE	2.48
35	Tajikistan TJ	2.14
36	Zambia ZM	2.08
37	Italy IT	1.89
38	Mongolia MN	1.86
39	Spain ES	1.85
40	Kenya KE	1.77
41	United Kingdom GB	1.58
42	Botswana BW	1.56
43	Ethiopia ET	1.53
44	Philippines PH	1.51
45	Guatemala GT	1.46
46	Czech Republic CZ	1.42
47	Nigeria NG	1.27
48	Belgium BE	1.19
49	Bangladesh BD	0.91
50	Tanzania TZ	0.86
51	Peru PE	0.84
52	Sri Lanka LK	0.83
53	Finland FI	0.79
54	Mauritius MU	0.78
55	Belarus BY	0.77
56	Denmark DK	0.76
57	Sweden SE	0.74
58	Panama PA	0.74
59	Uzbekistan UZ	0.67
60	Norway NO	0.67
61	Austria AT	0.6
62	Singapore SG	0.49
63	Madagascar MG	0.47
64	Ireland IE	0.38
65	Yemen YE	0.38
66	Iran IR	0.36
67	Slovakia SK	0.35
68	New Caledonia NC	0.33
69	Afghanistan AF	0.28
70	Croatia HR	0.23
71	Bulgaria BG	0.23
72	DR Congo CD	0.22
73	Argentina AR	0.21
74	Nepal NP	0.19
75	Serbia RS	0.19
76	Lebanon LB	0.18
77	Benin BJ	0.17
78	Kyrgyzstan KG	0.15
79	Lithuania LT	0.13
80	Eswatini SZ	0.12
81	Romania RO	0.12
82	Georgia GE	0.12
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.11
84	Kuwait KW	0.1
85	New Zealand NZ	0.1
86	Albania AL	0.09
87	Togo TG	0.08
88	Malawi MW	0.08
89	Senegal SN	0.07
90	Myanmar MM	0.06
91	Greece GR	0.06
92	Hungary HU	0.05
93	Jamaica JM	0.04
94	Namibia NA	0.03
95	Honduras HN	0.03
96	Ghana GH	0.03
97	Luxembourg LU	0.02
98	Switzerland CH	0.02
99	Azerbaijan AZ	0.02
100	Latvia LV	0.02
101	Syria SY	0.01
102	Kosovo XK	0.01
103	Slovenia SI	0.01
104	Venezuela VE	0.01
105	Uruguay UY	0.01
106	Armenia AM	0.01
107	Moldova MD	0
108	Estonia EE	0
109	North Macedonia MK	0
110	Puerto Rico PR	0
111	Costa Rica CR	0
112	Portugal PT	0
113	Algeria DZ	0
114	Bermuda BM	0
115	Burundi BI	0
116	Cyprus CY	0
117	Ecuador EC	0
118	Fiji FJ	0
119	Lesotho LS	0
120	Mozambique MZ	0
121	Oman OM	0
122	Paraguay PY	0
123	Saudi Arabia SA	0
124	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0

Analysis: China alone accounted for about 75 percent of the world total in 2024, and China and South Africa together for about 79 percent. The top three accounted for about 82 percent, the top five for about 87 percent, and the top ten for about 94 percent. China consumed about 20.9 times as much bituminous coal as South Africa in 2024 — a gap that explains much of the global structure.

Who Leads Bituminous Coal Consumption?

Data: China (3,356.0 Mmt) was the largest consumer in 2024, ahead of South Africa (160.5 Mmt). The next largest were United States (126.6 Mmt), Japan (120.5 Mmt), India (101.4 Mmt), South Korea (83.202 Mmt), Kazakhstan (70.311 Mmt). Analysis: The top five alone — China, South Africa, United States, Japan, India — already make up about 87 percent of world total, while the remaining 119 countries together account for less than 13 percent. Context: This concentration means that shifts in just a few countries drive the world total.

Where Bituminous Coal Is Concentrated

The top ten held about 94 percent of the world total in 2024, leaving less than 6 percent for the other 114 countries. In Asia, China dominates, followed by India, Japan and South Korea; Kazakhstan was also a significant consumer in the region. In Europe, Poland and Russia were among the largest consumers, while the United States was the largest consumer in North America. Bituminous coal is a dense, black coal (45-86% carbon) with high energy content, used for electricity generation and industrial processes.

What Changed Most Recently? (2023-2024)

Analysis: China saw the largest increase, rising from 3,206.9 to 3,356.0 Mmt (up 149.0 Mmt, about 4.6 percent). Russia (+13.28 Mmt) and India (+6.253 Mmt) also rose. The sharpest decline was United States (138.5 to 126.6 Mmt, down 11.924 Mmt). Overall the world total rose by 112.0 Mmt (+2.6 percent) to 4,449.7 Mmt. Context: Year-to-year moves like these show whether growth is broad-based or driven by a single country.

How Has Bituminous Coal Evolved Since 2019?

Analysis: The world total moved from 3,844.6 Mmt in 2019 to 4,449.7 Mmt in 2024, with a low of 3,802.9 Mmt. For perspective, China went from 2,666.7 to 3,356.0 Mmt, while South Africa went from 165.3 to 160.5 Mmt. Context: Comparing 2019-2024 shows that China strengthened its dominant position, while other major consumers followed mixed trends.

Bituminous Coal in Context

Context: Bituminous coal is a dense, black coal (45-86% carbon) with high energy content. The EIA describes it as the workhorse coal for electricity generation, industrial processes and coke production. Unlike the table which shows “how much,” this section explains “why it matters”: concentration at this level means supply, trade and energy security are tied to a handful of economies. The EIA reports bituminous coal separately from other coal types precisely because its uses and markets differ.

Bituminous Coal Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	2,666.71	2,705.69	2,826.94	2,966.26	3,206.92	3,355.96
2	South Africa	165.26	166.78	150.45	158.21	162.57	160.53
3	United States	181.62	158.78	173.05	153.02	138.48	126.56
4	Japan	129.65	128.55	126.26	134.54	120.22	120.46
5	India	89.49	91.2	85.73	72.41	95.17	101.42
6	South Korea	88.01	81.29	81.18	80.39	89.92	83.2
7	Kazakhstan	61.58	60.83	51.1	69.56	72.91	70.31
8	Russia	28.87	24.54	44.59	67.02	49.74	63.02
9	Taiwan	47.62	46.33	48.37	44.23	42.8	40.84
10	Poland	54.23	49.83	48.95	53.48	44.43	38.47
11	Türkiye	32.69	33.72	30.84	31.15	35.31	34.83
12	Australia	31	26.69	30	32.31	26.74	28.03
13	Indonesia	32.31	27.49	39.14	27.93	28.56	20.77
14	Thailand	8.15	8.2	8.66	9.83	18.6	19.37
15	Vietnam	18.88	18.8	15.74	15.54	16.62	18.72
16	Ukraine	21.55	20.15	20.54	17.93	16.6	17
17	Pakistan	17.15	17.13	18.42	26.07	21.24	15.76
18	Germany	19.21	12.71	17.28	28.05	13.02	12.28
19	Morocco	7.94	7.91	9.95	10.77	10.04	9.68
20	North Korea	11.26	10.58	8.68	8.96	9.07	9.52
21	Mexico	7.48	5.04	5.19	8.21	7.34	8.7
22	Brazil	8.35	7.13	8.43	5.74	5.66	6.65
23	Colombia	4.79	4.01	3.11	4.04	5.59	6.47
24	France	3.8	3.33	5.59	5.41	5.96	5.4
25	Chile	11.2	10.21	11.32	7.37	7.19	5.1
26	Hong Kong	9.8	5.22	5.79	6.22	5.57	4.75
27	Israel	5.9	5.09	5.88	6.48	5.3	4.43
28	Egypt	3.32	1.89	2.8	2.38	2.88	4.28
29	Zimbabwe	2.25	1.9	1.76	1.89	2.48	3.96
30	Malaysia	0.16	0.14	0.19	3.16	4.14	3.11
31	Dominican Republic	1.93	1.93	2.07	2.19	2.35	2.91
32	Canada	2.62	2.31	2.22	1.68	2.49	2.83
33	Netherlands	5.91	2.57	4.91	1.89	2.99	2.5
34	United Arab Emirates	0.23	0.18	0.17	0.5	2.19	2.48
35	Tajikistan	1.97	2.06	2.1	2.06	1.92	2.14
36	Zambia	1.06	1.18	1.08	0.82	2.08	2.08
37	Italy	7.47	5.65	5.14	9.52	8.91	1.89
38	Mongolia	1.11	1	1.02	1.3	1.75	1.86
39	Spain	3.68	3.1	2.24	3.94	3.45	1.85
40	Kenya	0.59	0.84	0.95	1.17	1.45	1.77
41	United Kingdom	4.46	3.75	4.17	3.44	3.14	1.58
42	Botswana	1.33	1.23	1.37	2.28	1.34	1.56
43	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0.38	1.07	1.53
44	Philippines	5.95	4.41	4.06	3.19	3	1.51
45	Guatemala	1.89	2.15	2.24	1.24	1.01	1.46
46	Czech Republic	2.41	2.11	2.23	2.16	1.61	1.42
47	Nigeria	2.72	2.35	2.51	3.04	1.32	1.27
48	Belgium	1.57	1.11	1.12	1.15	0.91	1.19
49	Bangladesh	1.15	1.03	1.44	2.85	1.93	0.91
50	Tanzania	0.55	0.58	0.56	0.8	0.74	0.86
51	Peru	0.36	0.26	0.22	0.67	0.94	0.84
52	Sri Lanka	1.99	2.13	2.24	1.97	2.24	0.83
53	Finland	2.41	1.63	1.87	2.02	1.74	0.79
54	Mauritius	0.66	0.66	0.74	0.58	0.65	0.78
55	Belarus	0	0	0	0.2	0.65	0.77
56	Denmark	1.58	1.24	1.83	1.78	1.13	0.76
57	Sweden	2.22	1.48	0.81	0.69	0.58	0.74
58	Panama	0.79	0.97	0.97	0.84	0.86	0.74
59	Uzbekistan	0.18	0.19	0.32	0.55	0.53	0.67
60	Norway	0.84	0.87	0.92	0.82	0.74	0.67
61	Austria	0	0	0	0.37	0.67	0.6
62	Singapore	0	0	0	0.19	0.55	0.49
63	Madagascar	0.48	0.15	0.43	0.51	0.47	0.47
64	Ireland	0.15	0.59	1.03	1.14	1.14	0.38
65	Yemen	0.03	0	0	0.17	0.03	0.38
66	Iran	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.18	0	0.36
67	Slovakia	0.53	0.1	0.08	0.47	0.35	0.35
68	New Caledonia	1.16	1.13	0.94	1.01	0.97	0.33
69	Afghanistan	1.21	1	1.67	1.54	0.49	0.28
70	Croatia	0.62	0.5	0.61	0.66	0.53	0.23
71	Bulgaria	0.23	0.33	0.34	0.52	0.49	0.23
72	DR Congo	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.24	0.22
73	Argentina	0.84	0.97	1.74	0.94	0.48	0.21
74	Nepal	0.01	0.01	0	0.28	0.2	0.19
75	Serbia	0.21	0.17	0.22	0.58	0.31	0.19
76	Lebanon	0.13	0.15	0.13	0.17	0.16	0.18
77	Benin	0.12	0.08	0.16	0.05	0.16	0.17
78	Kyrgyzstan	0.32	0.52	0.46	0.91	0.6	0.15
79	Lithuania	0.26	0.2	0.22	0.22	0.13	0.13
80	Eswatini	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.08	0.09	0.12
81	Romania	0.41	0.43	0.49	0.08	0.27	0.12
82	Georgia	0.24	0.18	0.1	0.14	0.13	0.12
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.13	0.1	0.11
84	Kuwait	0.25	0.05	0.1	0.13	0.05	0.1
85	New Zealand	0.14	0.08	0.11	0.04	0.08	0.1
86	Albania	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.21	0.13	0.09
87	Togo	0.31	0.25	0.2	0.09	0.16	0.08
88	Malawi	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.05	0	0.08
89	Senegal	0.89	0.89	0.95	0.5	0.13	0.07
90	Myanmar	1.2	1.51	1.37	0.27	0.06	0.06
91	Greece	0.31	0.27	0.29	0.12	0.07	0.06
92	Hungary	0.14	0.11	0.1	0.06	0.04	0.05
93	Jamaica	0.1	0.08	0.1	0.07	0.11	0.04
94	Namibia	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03
95	Honduras	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.19	0.14	0.03
96	Ghana	0.03	0	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
97	Luxembourg	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.03	0.02
98	Switzerland	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.03	0.03	0.02
99	Azerbaijan	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.02
100	Latvia	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02
101	Syria	0	0.02	0.02	0.03	0	0.01
102	Kosovo	0	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01
103	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
104	Venezuela	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.01
105	Uruguay	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
106	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
107	Moldova	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.01	0
108	Estonia	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
109	North Macedonia	0.08	0.01	0.04	0	0.03	0
110	Puerto Rico	1.57	1.36	1.27	1.3	1.03	0
111	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0.03	0.02	0
112	Portugal	2.1	0.94	0.32	0	0	0
113	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0
114	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0
116	Cyprus	0	0	0	0.05	0.05	0
117	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0.05	0
120	Mozambique	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.01	0.01	0
121	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Trinidad and Tobago	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 bituminous coal 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 individually listed countries may differ slightly from the reported world total due to rounding. This page covers bituminous coal consumption only and does not include other coal types, which are reported separately in the source.