Coal consumption (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	China:	1,310,000,000
# 2	United States:	1,060,000,000
# 3	India:	339,000,000
# 4	Russia:	298,000,000
# 5	Germany:	265,000,000
# 6	South Africa:	170,500,000
# 7	Japan:	149,500,000
# 8	Australia:	144,170,000
# 9	Korea, North:	103,600,000
# 10	Ukraine:	97,200,000
# 11	Turkey:	81,100,000
# 12	Korea, South:	71,700,000
# 13	Greece:	70,500,000
# 14	Canada:	67,000,000
# 15	United Kingdom:	66,100,000
# 16	Taiwan:	52,900,000
# 17	Spain:	45,190,000
# 18	Thailand:	24,900,000
# 19	Brazil:	23,500,000
# 20	Italy:	22,400,000
# 21	France:	20,890,000
# 22	Mexico:	13,410,000
# 23	Indonesia:	12,000,000
# 24	Philippines:	9,500,000
# 25	Vietnam:	7,300,000
# 26	Portugal:	6,670,000
# 27	Chile:	5,100,000
# 28	Pakistan:	4,600,000
# 29	Colombia:	4,500,000
# 30	Malaysia:	3,300,000
# 31	Iran:	2,300,000
# 32	Egypt:	2,200,000
# 33	Norway:	1,570,000
# 34	Argentina:	1,470,000
# 35	Peru:	920,000
= 36	Venezuela:	70,000
= 36	Paraguay:	70,000
= 36	Panama:	70,000
= 36	Nigeria:	70,000
# 40	Ghana:	3,000
# 41	Azerbaijan:	0
	Total:	4,558,273,000
	Weighted average:	111,177,390.2

DEFINITION: Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year.

SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy

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COMMENTARY

Don Hirschberg 17th November 2009	Same numbers I printed on 1/20/04. Then the dates of the data were given. Now deleted. Most of this data is 2000 and earlier. Units are short tons.
Don Hirschberg 17th November 2009	Very disappointing. I am comparing this list of consumptions with a copy I made on 1/20/04. The numbers are the same, except that dates were given then, item by item. "As China, 1.31 billion short tons (2000E)" Very disengenuous to drop off the old dates yet call this the "latest." I do not trust these folks.
BIll 6th November 2009	This is wack! Yo! Free GHANDI! YEAH! PEACE LOVE AND NO WAR!
Richard 6th September 2009	On this page: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_coa_con-energy-coal-consumption what's the units of coal? tons? short tonnes? metric tonnes? milligrams? pounds??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
joshua kuhn 17th August 2009	Make the graph copier able
Laurie Wong 13th August 2009	It sounds data are different to EIA recent report. It may be data of 10 ten years ago !
Kallii 20th July 2009	Dear Gentlemen, I am not sure if anybody can help me with locating coal consumption statitics for the middle-east. I have been trying to locate this for a while now with no avail. can anybody help
James Bowery 27th June 2009	Its not "billions of short tons". Fix it.
Jen 14th May 2009	I agree with Tim, I've heard of that to. It's not just global warming, it's more solar warming. And besides, in the time of the dinosaurs, the temperature was much higher than now. Then there was the Ice Age. The earth naturally heats up and cools down. But everytime it did, most of the species that lived on the planet were wiped out. It's not as if we can stop or start the planet from warming up, or cooling down.
Maurie Fabrikant (fabmelco@optusnet.com.au) 5th January 2007	Most interesting information ... but a little confusing. The total consumption quoted is 4,558,273,000 which I interpret as 4.558 billion. The definition, however, states "Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year." My question is "Is the total quoted - 4,558,273,000 - short tons or billions of short tons?"
Edria Murray Staff Editor 3rd February 2005	Coal consumption is an environmental concern for two reasons: Coal is a non renewable fossil fuel. When coal is burned, carbon dioxide and sulfur oxides are released into the atmosphere. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is considered to be a contributor to the href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect>greenhouse effect. Along with other greenhouse gases including methane, CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide prevents heat from leaving the Earth's atmosphere. As more heat is trapped, the Earth's surface will become warmer. This process is called href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming>Global warming. Global warming could cause rising sea levels, flooding and changes in regional climates. In December 1997 the Kyoto protocol, which set limits for the emission of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide was negotiated. Countries which have ratified the Kyoto Protocol are expected to have met their agreed target rate of emissions by 2012. As of November 2004, 127 countries have ratified the agreement. Sulfur oxides in the air react with water to produce href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_rain>acid rain. Acis rain is responsible for damage to trees, ecosystems, buildings, artworks and metals.

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