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Coal consumption
Energy: coal consumption (in million tonnes oil equivalent)
rank
country
1970
1980
1990
2000
2008
2009
percent of total
World
1,527.6
1,799.9
2,234.0
2,337.6
3,286.4
3,278.3
100%
1.
China
196.5
305.1
529.9
667.4
1,406.1
1,537.4
46.90%
2.
US
309.1
388.6
483.1
569.0
564.1
498.0
15.19%
3.
India
37.6
56.7
95.5
144.2
230.9
245.8
7.50%
4.
Japan
60.2
57.6
76.0
98.9
128.7
108.8
3.32%
5.
South Africa
27.4
43.5
71.3
81.9
102.8
99.4
3.03%
6.
Russian Federation
-
-
180.6
105.2
100.4
82.9
2.53%
7.
Germany
151.7
139.6
129.6
84.9
80.1
71.0
2.17%
8.
South Korea
5.6
13.2
24.4
43.0
66.1
68.6
2.09%
9.
Poland
70.2
101.6
80.2
57.6
56.0
53.9
1.64%
10.
Australia
12.5
18.5
36.5
46.7
51.4
50.8
1.55%
11.
Taiwan
2.7
3.8
11.0
28.7
40.2
38.7
1.18%
12.
Ukraine
-
-
74.8
38.8
40.3
35.0
1.07%
13.
Kazakhstan
-
-
40.2
23.2
34.0
33.0
1.01%
14.
Indonesia
0.1
0.3
4.0
13.7
30.2
30.5
0.93%
15.
United Kingdom
96.0
71.1
64.9
36.7
35.5
29.7
0.91%
16.
Turkey
4.2
7.5
16.8
25.5
30.9
27.2
0.83%
17.
Canada
16.9
22.2
27.1
31.8
30.8
26.5
0.81%
18.
Czech Republic
37.1
38.5
33.5
21.0
17.4
15.8
0.48%
19.
Thailand
0.1
0.4
3.7
7.8
15.3
14.1
0.43%
20.
Italy
9.9
12.6
14.1
13.0
16.7
13.4
0.41%
21.
Brazil
2.4
5.5
9.5
12.5
13.5
11.7
0.36%
22.
Spain
8.5
14.1
19.0
21.6
15.6
10.6
0.32%
23.
France
37.8
27.7
19.1
13.9
11.9
10.1
0.31%
24.
Netherlands
4.8
3.9
9.5
8.6
8.5
7.9
0.24%
25.
Greece
2.5
4.0
8.0
9.2
8.1
7.9
0.24%
26.
China Hong Kong SAR
-
-
5.5
3.7
7.0
7.6
0.23%
27.
Philippines
-
0.1
1.0
4.3
7.0
6.8
0.21%
28.
Mexico
1.1
2.4
3.4
6.2
7.2
6.8
0.21%
29.
Bulgaria
8.0
9.1
8.9
6.3
7.5
6.3
0.19%
30.
Romania
6.7
12.9
11.7
7.0
7.4
6.2
0.19%
31.
Belgium & Luxembourg
16.4
10.7
10.4
7.6
4.8
4.6
0.14%
32.
Pakistan
0.9
0.7
2.1
2.0
5.3
4.3
0.13%
33.
Chile
1.3
1.1
2.4
3.0
4.1
4.1
0.13%
34.
Malaysia
-
-
1.3
1.9
5.0
4.0
0.12%
35.
Denmark
2.0
5.9
6.0
4.0
4.1
4.0
0.12%
36.
Finland
2.5
3.8
3.3
3.5
3.4
3.7
0.11%
37.
Portugal
0.5
0.4
2.8
4.5
3.2
3.6
0.11%
38.
Slovakia
6.3
6.9
6.9
4.0
3.7
3.6
0.11%
39.
Colombia
2.2
2.3
3.5
2.7
2.8
3.1
0.09%
40.
Hungary
9.2
8.1
5.6
3.2
2.8
2.5
0.08%
41.
Austria
4.0
3.3
3.6
3.2
2.2
2.3
0.07%
42.
New Zealand
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.1
2.0
1.7
0.05%
43.
Sweden
1.5
1.7
2.2
1.9
2.0
1.6
0.05%
44.
Iran
0.3
0.6
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.4
0.04%
45.
Uzbekistan
-
-
4.1
1.0
1.4
1.4
0.04%
46.
Republic of Ireland
0.9
0.7
2.1
1.8
1.4
1.3
0.04%
47.
Egypt
0.4
0.6
0.9
1.4
1.2
1.1
0.03%
48.
Argentina
1.0
0.9
1.0
0.8
1.1
1.1
0.03%
49.
Algeria
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.02%
50.
Peru
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.02%
51.
Bangladesh
-
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.01%
source: "Statistical Review of World Energy June 2010",
BP
.
note: Commercial solid fuels only, i.e. bituminous coal and anthracite (hard coal), and lignite and brown (sub-bituminous) coal.