Nigeria Coal

Summary Table

TonsGlobal Rank
Coal Reserves 379,194,640 #44 in the world
Coal Production 50,706 #61 in the world
Coal Consumption 193,330 #93 in the world
Daily Deficit −142,623
Coal Imports 469,315
Coal Exports 0
Net Imports 469,315
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Coal Reserves in Nigeria

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Nigeria holds 379 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking #44 in the world and accounting for about 0.033% of the world’s total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

Nigeria has proven reserves equivalent to 1,961.4 times its annual consumption levels. This means tit has about 1,961 years of coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Coal Reserves
379,194,640 Tons
Global Rank: #44 | Share of World: 0.033%
1,961 years of coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in Nigeria


Coal Consumption in Nigeria

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  • Nigeria consumes 193,330 Tons (short tons, “st”) of Coal per year as of the year 2016.

  • Nigeria ranks #93 in the world for coal consumption, accounting for about 0.0023% of the world’s total consumption of 8,561,852,178.

  • Nigeria consumes 989 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 195,443,700 people), or 3 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in Nigeria

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  • Nigeria produces 50,706 tons (short tons, “st”) of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking #61 in the world.

Coal Imports

  • Nigeria imports 243% of its coal consumption (469,315 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production


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