Coal Imports by Country

Coal imports by country measures the amount of coal imported in each country, measured in million metric tons (Mmt) per year. Coal is a major traded energy commodity, with imports concentrated in economies that rely heavily on coal for power generation and industry. Coal production and trade are concentrated in a relatively small number of major markets. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 186 countries with a reported 2024 value and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 1,594.9 Mmt in 2024, up from 1,477.7 Mmt in 2023.

The map highlights where coal imports are 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.

Coal Imports by Country

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#	Country	2024 (Mmt)
1	China CN	542.78
2	India IN	232.81
3	Japan JP	171.06
4	South Korea KR	115.58
5	Taiwan TW	56.98
6	Vietnam VN	49.83
7	Türkiye TR	40.77
8	Malaysia MY	39.34
9	Philippines PH	39.29
10	Thailand TH	31.77
11	Germany DE	30.52
12	Netherlands NL	25.16
13	Russia RU	19.77
14	Indonesia ID	18.3
15	Brazil BR	17.94
16	Bangladesh BD	15.84
17	Poland PL	10.3
18	Morocco MA	9.36
19	Mexico MX	8.84
20	France FR	7.69
21	Pakistan PK	7.55
22	Cambodia KH	6.1
23	Spain ES	5.56
24	Chile CL	5.36
25	Canada CA	5.36
26	Ukraine UA	4.85
27	Hong Kong HK	4.77
28	Israel IL	4.75
29	Egypt EG	4.47
30	Italy IT	3.64
31	Uzbekistan UZ	3.58
32	United Arab Emirates AE	3.33
33	Belgium BE	3.18
34	Slovakia SK	3.01
35	Serbia RS	2.97
36	Dominican Republic DO	2.91
37	Czech Republic CZ	2.84
38	Austria AT	2.35
39	Sweden SE	2.33
40	United Kingdom GB	1.98
41	United States US	1.81
42	Belarus BY	1.79
43	Kenya KE	1.77
44	Finland FI	1.71
45	South Africa ZA	1.49
46	Guatemala GT	1.46
47	Nepal NP	1.38
48	Brunei BN	1.31
49	North Macedonia MK	1.07
50	New Zealand NZ	1.02
51	Argentina AR	1
52	Singapore SG	0.98
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.9
54	Puerto Rico PR	0.86
55	Sri Lanka LK	0.83
56	Ethiopia ET	0.75
57	Mauritius MU	0.74
58	Panama PA	0.74
59	Norway NO	0.66
60	Kyrgyzstan KG	0.58
61	Madagascar MG	0.47
62	Denmark DK	0.43
63	Yemen YE	0.38
64	Ireland IE	0.37
65	Romania RO	0.35
66	New Caledonia NC	0.33
67	Peru PE	0.31
68	Croatia HR	0.3
69	Bulgaria BG	0.3
70	Hungary HU	0.25
71	Iran IR	0.24
72	DR Congo CD	0.22
73	Zambia ZM	0.22
74	Albania AL	0.21
75	Tajikistan TJ	0.21
76	Eswatini SZ	0.2
77	Oman OM	0.2
78	Kuwait KW	0.19
79	Lebanon LB	0.18
80	Australia AU	0.17
81	Benin BJ	0.17
82	Saudi Arabia SA	0.13
83	Lithuania LT	0.13
84	Iceland IS	0.12
85	Georgia GE	0.12
86	Switzerland CH	0.11
87	Rwanda RW	0.09
88	Moldova MD	0.08
89	Togo TG	0.08
90	Jordan JO	0.08
91	Kazakhstan KZ	0.07
92	Senegal SN	0.07
93	Myanmar MM	0.06
94	Ghana GH	0.05
95	Bhutan BT	0.05
96	Greece GR	0.04
97	Jamaica JM	0.04
98	Namibia NA	0.04
99	Latvia LV	0.03
100	Honduras HN	0.03
101	Slovenia SI	0.03
102	Luxembourg LU	0.03
103	Armenia AM	0.03
104	Azerbaijan AZ	0.02
105	Lesotho LS	0.02
106	Bolivia BO	0.02
107	Cyprus CY	0.02
108	Kosovo XK	0.02
109	Ecuador EC	0.02
110	Syria SY	0.01
111	Uruguay UY	0.01
112	Djibouti DJ	0.01
113	Papua New Guinea PG	0.01
114	Estonia EE	0
115	Nigeria NG	0
116	Libya LY	0
117	Portugal PT	0
118	Cameroon CM	0
119	El Salvador SV	0
120	Malawi MW	0
121	Colombia CO	0
122	Mongolia MN	0
123	Paraguay PY	0
124	Tunisia TN	0
125	Costa Rica CR	0
126	Algeria DZ	0
127	Zimbabwe ZW	0
128	Cuba CU	0
129	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0
130	Afghanistan AF	0
131	Turkmenistan TM	0
132	Burkina Faso BF	0
133	Qatar QA	0
134	Botswana BW	0
135	Guinea GN	0
136	Bahrain BH	0
137	Angola AO	0
138	Barbados BB	0
139	Venezuela VE	0
140	Fiji FJ	0
141	Tanzania TZ	0
142	Nicaragua NI	0
143	Gabon GA	0
144	Maldives MV	0
145	Liberia LR	0
146	Grenada GD	0
147	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0
148	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0
149	Mali ML	0
150	Seychelles SC	0
151	Belize BZ	0
152	Aruba AW	0
153	Bermuda BM	0
154	British Virgin Islands VG	0
155	Burundi BI	0
156	Cape Verde CV	0
157	Central African Republic CF	0
158	Chad TD	0
159	Comoros KM	0
160	Congo CG	0
161	Cook Islands CK	0
162	Ivory Coast CI	0
163	Equatorial Guinea GQ	0
164	Faroe Islands FO	0
165	French Polynesia PF	0
166	Greenland GL	0
167	Guinea-Bissau GW	0
168	Guyana GY	0
169	Haiti HT	0
170	Iraq IQ	0
171	Laos LA	0
172	Macau MO	0
173	Malta MT	0
174	Mauritania MR	0
175	Montenegro ME	0
176	Mozambique MZ	0
177	Niger NE	0
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0
179	Sierra Leone SL	0
180	Somalia SO	0
181	South Sudan SS	0
182	Sudan SD	0
183	Suriname SR	0
184	Bahamas BS	0
185	Timor-Leste TL	0
186	Uganda UG	0

Analysis: China alone accounted for about 34 percent of the world total in 2024, and China and India together for about 49 percent. The top three accounted for about 59 percent, the top five for about 70 percent, and the top ten for about 83 percent. China's coal was about 2.3 times that of India, the second-largest importer — a gap that explains much of the global structure.

Who Leads Coal Imports?

Data: China (542.8 Mmt) was the largest importer in 2024, ahead of India (232.8 Mmt). The next largest were Japan (171.1 Mmt), South Korea (115.6 Mmt), Taiwan (56.979 Mmt), Vietnam (49.827 Mmt), and Türkiye (40.772 Mmt). Analysis: The top five alone — China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan — already make up about 70 percent of world total, while the remaining 181 countries together account for less than 30 percent. Context: This concentration means that shifts in just a few countries drive the world total.

Where Are Coal Imports Concentrated?

Analysis: The top ten held about 83 percent of the world total in 2024, leaving less than 17 percent for the other 176 countries. In Asia, China dominates, followed by India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. In Europe, Germany and the Netherlands are among the larger importers. In North America, the United States and Mexico are reported as major importers.

What Changed Most Recently? (2023-2024)

Analysis: China saw the largest increase, rising from 401.3 to 542.8 Mmt (up 141.5 Mmt, about 35.3 percent). Malaysia (+8.289 Mmt) and Vietnam (+6.87 Mmt) also rose. The sharpest decline was Pakistan (16.089 to 7.554 Mmt, down 8.535 Mmt). Overall the world total rose by 117.2 Mmt (+7.9 percent) to 1,594.9 Mmt. Context: Year-to-year moves like these show whether growth is broad-based or driven by a single country.

How Has Coal Evolved Since 2019?

Analysis: The world total moved from 1,448.5 Mmt in 2019 to 1,594.9 Mmt in 2024, with a low of 1,341.7 Mmt in 2020. For perspective, China went from 299.8 to 542.8 Mmt, while India went from 241.7 to 232.8 Mmt. Context: Comparing 2019-2024 reveals whether leaders are extending their lead or losing share — here, the top-ranked country extended its lead while others grew.

Coal in Context

Coal is a major traded energy commodity, with imports concentrated in economies that rely heavily on coal for power generation and industry. 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 coal trade separately within its international coal and coke statistics.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	299.85	304.07	323.68	313.42	401.28	542.78
2	India	241.72	216.57	189.98	210.07	239.87	232.81
3	Japan	186.18	173.67	182.47	189.97	170.02	171.06
4	South Korea	129.07	109.91	111.21	109.42	122.62	115.58
5	Taiwan	67.33	63.26	67.4	63.65	58.01	56.98
6	Vietnam	41.47	46.32	39.93	39.47	42.96	49.83
7	Türkiye	37.75	40.25	36.52	36.83	40.21	40.77
8	Malaysia	34.44	36.1	35.08	28.43	31.05	39.34
9	Philippines	27.69	29.52	31.24	31.54	36.42	39.29
10	Thailand	21.67	23.88	24.07	22.46	29.72	31.77
11	Germany	41.35	29.94	38.79	42.44	30.29	30.52
12	Netherlands	35.8	24.9	35.59	27.83	24.63	25.16
13	Russia	24.26	23.95	24.72	23.06	20.72	19.77
14	Indonesia	6.77	8.01	13.44	12.49	14.46	18.3
15	Brazil	21.11	17.86	22.01	17.79	15.77	17.94
16	Bangladesh	7.33	8.33	6.73	5.58	13.26	15.84
17	Poland	17.02	13.08	12.74	13.19	9.92	10.3
18	Morocco	8.91	9.32	11.47	11.65	10.22	9.36
19	Mexico	9.55	5.81	5.84	9.27	8.03	8.84
20	France	11.3	8.19	8.08	8.93	9.63	7.69
21	Pakistan	16.22	17.15	19.61	21.83	16.09	7.55
22	Cambodia	2.83	3.31	2.59	2.26	4.35	6.1
23	Spain	8.59	3.97	4.44	10.31	9.54	5.56
24	Chile	10.42	10.6	12.01	8.04	7.59	5.36
25	Canada	7.99	6.19	6.14	5.28	6.01	5.36
26	Ukraine	21.08	16.95	18.76	6.19	5.11	4.85
27	Hong Kong	10.04	5.49	6.53	5.68	5.88	4.77
28	Israel	5.9	5.57	6.43	6.56	4.89	4.75
29	Egypt	4.99	2.11	3.27	2.73	3.1	4.47
30	Italy	10.83	7.81	7.91	12.28	11.76	3.64
31	Uzbekistan	1.13	3	2.64	2.18	3.49	3.58
32	United Arab Emirates	1.93	2.56	2.43	3.27	5.39	3.33
33	Belgium	3.71	3.07	3.13	4.1	3.53	3.18
34	Slovakia	3.81	2.89	3.52	3.31	3.53	3.01
35	Serbia	0.61	0.52	0.65	1.08	3.63	2.97
36	Dominican Republic	1.95	2.15	2.1	2.19	2.35	2.91
37	Czech Republic	3.82	3.59	4.77	4.28	3.79	2.84
38	Austria	3.72	2.98	3.1	3.29	3.14	2.35
39	Sweden	3.78	3.01	2.19	2.04	1.98	2.33
40	United Kingdom	6.23	4.53	4.61	6.36	4.85	1.98
41	United States	6.08	4.66	4.89	5.73	3.64	1.81
42	Belarus	1.8	2.08	1.77	2.45	1.63	1.79
43	Kenya	0.59	0.84	0.95	1.17	1.45	1.77
44	Finland	3.08	2.43	2.22	3.73	2.36	1.71
45	South Africa	3.43	1.96	3.32	2.33	2.19	1.49
46	Guatemala	2.4	2.38	2.32	1.3	0.81	1.46
47	Nepal	0.66	0.78	0.5	1	1.06	1.38
48	Brunei	0.34	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.84	1.31
49	North Macedonia	0.26	0.17	0.4	0.75	0.04	1.07
50	New Zealand	1.08	1.08	1.85	0.72	0.28	1.02
51	Argentina	1.55	1.78	2.69	2.08	1.6	1
52	Singapore	0.74	0.7	0.75	0.59	1.33	0.98
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.67	1.34	1.6	1.36	1.26	0.9
54	Puerto Rico	1.58	1.38	1.26	1.3	1.12	0.86
55	Sri Lanka	2.37	2.6	2.2	2.2	2.24	0.83
56	Ethiopia	0.6	0.53	0.46	0.67	1.15	0.75
57	Mauritius	1.17	1.19	0.76	0.58	0.61	0.74
58	Panama	0.82	1.15	0.97	0.85	0.86	0.74
59	Norway	0.79	0.85	0.88	0.81	0.69	0.66
60	Kyrgyzstan	0.31	0.48	0.37	0.74	1.44	0.58
61	Madagascar	0.51	0.15	0.43	0.51	0.47	0.47
62	Denmark	2.39	1.11	0.77	1.87	1.29	0.43
63	Yemen	0.03	0	0	0.17	0.03	0.38
64	Ireland	0.36	0.4	1.73	1.33	1.71	0.37
65	Romania	1.05	0.72	0.8	0.67	0.42	0.35
66	New Caledonia	1.2	1.15	0.94	1.01	0.98	0.33
67	Peru	0.36	0.26	0.22	0.36	0.45	0.31
68	Croatia	0.74	0.61	0.68	0.67	0.64	0.3
69	Bulgaria	0.57	0.61	0.86	0.85	0.58	0.3
70	Hungary	1.63	1.39	1.25	0.77	0.44	0.25
71	Iran	0.1	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.23	0.24
72	DR Congo	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.24	0.22
73	Zambia	0.08	0.1	0	0	0.01	0.22
74	Albania	0.09	0.11	0.13	0.04	0.18	0.21
75	Tajikistan	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.1	0.14	0.21
76	Eswatini	0.12	0.14	0.18	0.15	0.2	0.2
77	Oman	0.07	0.12	0.06	0.05	0.11	0.2
78	Kuwait	0.26	0.06	0.11	0.07	0.14	0.19
79	Lebanon	0.18	0.2	0.17	0.2	0.16	0.18
80	Australia	0.12	0.17	0.11	0.19	0.19	0.17
81	Benin	0.12	0.08	0.16	0.05	0.16	0.17
82	Saudi Arabia	0.11	0.07	0.08	0.12	0.14	0.13
83	Lithuania	0.37	0.25	0.3	0.48	0.14	0.13
84	Iceland	0.15	0.12	0.18	0.1	0.1	0.12
85	Georgia	0.25	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.14	0.12
86	Switzerland	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.17	0.14	0.11
87	Rwanda	0	0	0	0.06	0.09	0.09
88	Moldova	0.15	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.09	0.08
89	Togo	0.31	0.25	0.2	0.09	0.16	0.08
90	Jordan	0.1	0.2	0.17	0.3	0.11	0.08
91	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0.09	0.07
92	Senegal	0.89	0.89	0.95	0.5	0.13	0.07
93	Myanmar	0.25	0.51	0.08	0.3	0.07	0.06
94	Ghana	0.07	0.05	0.1	0.09	0.05	0.05
95	Bhutan	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
96	Greece	0.33	0.3	0.27	0.07	0.05	0.04
97	Jamaica	0.1	0.08	0.1	0.07	0.11	0.04
98	Namibia	0.06	0.06	0	0.03	0.03	0.04
99	Latvia	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.15	0.04	0.03
100	Honduras	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.19	0.15	0.03
101	Slovenia	0.44	0.32	0.25	0.46	0.84	0.03
102	Luxembourg	0.07	0.07	0.06	0	0.03	0.03
103	Armenia	0	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.03
104	Azerbaijan	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02
105	Lesotho	0	0	0	0.02	0.02	0.02
106	Bolivia	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.02
107	Cyprus	0	0	0	0.08	0.02	0.02
108	Kosovo	0.01	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.02
109	Ecuador	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
110	Syria	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.01
111	Uruguay	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
112	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.01
113	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
114	Estonia	0.02	0	0.01	0	0	0
115	Nigeria	0.05	0.05	0.06	0	0	0
116	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Portugal	2.84	0.23	0.04	0.01	0	0
118	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Malawi	0.04	0.03	0.01	0	0	0
121	Colombia	0.09	0.08	0	0	0	0
122	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0
125	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0.02	0
126	Algeria	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0	0
127	Zimbabwe	0.01	0	0	0	0.04	0
128	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0
129	Trinidad and Tobago	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
130	Afghanistan	0	0	0.01	0	0	0
131	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
132	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0
133	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0
134	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0
135	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0
137	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0
138	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0
139	Venezuela	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
140	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0
141	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0
142	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0
143	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0
144	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0
145	Liberia	0	0	0	0.08	0.08	0
146	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0
147	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0
148	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
149	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0
150	Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0
151	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0
152	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0
153	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
154	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
155	Burundi	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
156	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0
157	Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0
158	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0
159	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0
160	Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0
161	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
162	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0
163	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0
164	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
165	French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
166	Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0
167	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0
168	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0
169	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0
170	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0
171	Laos	0	0	0	0.01	0.02	0
172	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0
173	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0
174	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0
175	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0
176	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0
177	Niger	0	0.01	0.02	0	0	0
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0
179	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0
180	Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0
181	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0
182	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0
183	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0
184	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0
185	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0.12	0.12	0
186	Uganda	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 coal imports 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 coal imports only and does not include other coal types, which are reported separately in the source.