United Kingdom Coal

Summary Table

  Tons Global Rank
77,000,000 61st in the world
4,605,231 33rd in the world
41,459,830 21st in the world
Yearly Deficit
 -36,854,599  
Coal Imports
 9,362,712  
Coal Exports
489,094  
8,873,619  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Coal Reserves in the United Kingdom

See also: List of countries by Coal Reserves

The United Kingdom holds 77 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 61st in the world and accounting for about 0% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

The United Kingdom has proven reserves equivalent to 1.9 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 2 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Reserves
77,000,000 tons
Global Rank: 61st | Share of World: 0.01 %
2 years of Coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in the United Kingdom

Coal Consumption in the United Kingdom

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  • The United Kingdom consumes 41,459,830 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
  • The United Kingdom ranks 21st in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 3.6% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.
  • The United Kingdom consumes 629,196 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 65,893,358 people), or 1,724 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in the United Kingdom

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  • The United Kingdom produces 4,605,230.72 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking 33rd in the world.

Coal Imports

  • The United Kingdom imports 21% of its Coal consumption (8,873,619 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production

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