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U.S. coal consumption - in oil equivalent 1998-2017

Coal consumption in the United States from 1998 to 2017 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent)

The data displays the coal consumption of the U.S. from 1998 to 2017. In 2017, the country’s coal consumption came to around 332.1 million metric tons of oil equivalent. According to the source, the data only include solid fuels, i.e. bituminous coal and anthracite (hard coal), and lignite and brown (sub-bituminous) coal.

1998	545.7
1999	544.9
2000	569
2001	552.2
2002	552
2003	562.5
2004	566.1
2005	574.5
2006	565.7
2007	544.6
2008	535.9
2009	471.4
2010	498.8
2011	470.6
2012	416
2013	431.8
2014	430.9
2015	372.2
2016	340.6
2017	332.1

U.S. coal consumption - in oil equivalent 1998-2017

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