New Zealand Coal

Summary Table

  Tons Global Rank
8,349,998,250 13th in the world
3,159,906 36th in the world
2,765,590 55th in the world
Yearly Surplus
 + 394,316  
Coal Imports
 499,657  
Coal Exports
1,308,589  
808,931  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Coal Reserves in New Zealand

See also: List of countries by Coal Reserves

New Zealand holds 8,350 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 13th in the world and accounting for about 1% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

New Zealand has proven reserves equivalent to 3,019.2 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 3,019 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Reserves
8,349,998,250 tons
Global Rank: 13th | Share of World: 0.73 %
3,019 years of Coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in New Zealand

Coal Consumption in New Zealand

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  • New Zealand consumes 2,765,590 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
  • New Zealand ranks 55th in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 0.2% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.
  • New Zealand consumes 586,580 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 4,714,770 people), or 1,607 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in New Zealand

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  • New Zealand produces 3,159,906.10 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking 36th in the world.

Coal Exports

  • New Zealand exports 26% of its Coal production (808,931 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production

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