In 2020, China's coal consumption amounted to 82.3 exajoules, up from 81.8 exajoules in the previous year. Between 1998 and 2020, figures increased by 54 exajoules. As of 2020, China was by far the world's largest coal consumer, with 54 percent of the coal consumption. According to the source, the data only includes solid fuels, i.e. bituminous coal and anthracite (hard coal), and lignite and brown (sub-bituminous) coal.
Coal consumption in China from 1998 to 2020*
(in exajoules)
* According to the source, the data includes commercial solid fuels only, i.e. bituminous coal and anthracite (hard coal), and lignite and brown (sub-bituminous) coal, and other commercial solid fuels. Excludes coal converted to liquid or gaseous fuels, but includes coal consumed in transformation processes.
Figures not included in the PDF are found on the BP Statistical Review data workbook.
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BP. (July 8, 2021). Coal consumption in China from 1998 to 2020* (in exajoules) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/265491/chinese-coal-consumption-in-oil-equivalent/
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