World Coal Usage/Consumption

World coal usage/consumption for 2022 was 35.75%, a 0.07% decline from 2021.
  • World coal usage/consumption for 2021 was 35.82%, a 0.7% increase from 2020.
  • World coal usage/consumption for 2020 was 35.12%, a 1.53% decline from 2019.
  • World coal usage/consumption for 2019 was 36.65%, a 1.3% decline from 2018.
Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.