Germany Coal

Summary Table

  Tons Global Rank
39,802,209,480 6th in the world
193,593,194 8th in the world
257,488,593 4th in the world
Yearly Deficit
-63,895,399  
Coal Imports
63,694,779  
Coal Exports
306,442  
63,388,337  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Coal Reserves in Germany

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Germany holds 39,802 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 6th in the world and accounting for about 3% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

Germany has proven reserves equivalent to 154.6 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 155 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Reserves
39,802,209,480 tons
Global Rank: 6th | Share of World: 3.49 %
155 years of Coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in Germany

Coal Consumption in Germany

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  • Germany consumes 257,488,593 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
  • Germany ranks 4th in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 22.6% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.
  • Germany consumes 3,111,265 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 82,760,102 people), or 8,524 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in Germany

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  • Germany produces 193,593,194 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking 8th in the world.

Coal Imports

  • Germany imports 25% of its Coal consumption (63,388,337 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production

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