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Global coal consumption - in oil equivalent 1998-2017

Coal consumption worldwide from 1998 to 2017 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent)

The data displays the global coal consumption from 1998 to 2017, in million metric tons of oil equivalent. In 2017, coal consumption worldwide came to around 3.7 trillion metric tons of oil equivalent. 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.

1998	2279.3
1999	2281.8
2000	2369.4
2001	2406.3
2002	2499.8
2003	2718.2
2004	2914.5
2005	3130.6
2006	3293.9
2007	3451.8
2008	3500.6
2009	3447
2010	3605.6
2011	3778.9
2012	3794.5
2013	3865.3
2014	3862.2
2015	3765
2016	3706
2017	3731.5

Global coal consumption - in oil equivalent 1998-2017

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