India Coal

Summary Table

  Tons Global Rank
107,726,551,700 5th in the world
761,662,038 2nd in the world
966,288,693 2nd in the world
Yearly Deficit
 -204,626,654  
Coal Imports
 215,789,801  
Coal Exports
1,018,312  
214,771,489  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Coal Reserves in India

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India holds 107,727 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 5th in the world and accounting for about 9% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

India has proven reserves equivalent to 111.5 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 111 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Reserves
107,726,551,700 tons
Global Rank: 5th | Share of World: 9.45 %
111 years of Coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in India

Coal Consumption in India

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  • India consumes 966,288,693 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
  • India ranks 2nd in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 84.8% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.
  • India consumes 718,995 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 1,343,944,296 people), or 1,970 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in India

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  • India produces 761,662,038 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking 2nd in the world.

Coal Imports

  • India imports 22% of its Coal consumption (214,771,489 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production

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