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Australia Coal

Reserves (2023)#4 World
164,764,480,320short tons
12.8%
of world reserves
337 years
at current production
Production (2024)#5 World
515,594,267short tons+5.6% YoY
Consumption (2024)#12 World
101,857,568short tons−1.3% YoY
Daily Surplus (2024)
+1,133,525short tons

Consumption uses 19.8% of production.

Exports take 77.4% of production.

Production
Consumption
Surplus

Coal Reserves in Australia

  • Australia holds 164,764,480,320 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#4 in the world), and accounting for about 12.8% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
  • As of 2023 production rates, Australia has about 337 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Production in Australia

  • Australia produced 515,594,267 short tons of coal in 2024 (#5 in the world), an increase of 5.6% from 488,251,727 short tons in 2023.

Coal Consumption in Australia

  • Australia consumed 101,857,568 short tons of coal in 2024 (#12 in the world), a decrease of 1.3% from 2023. This represents 1% of the world's total coal consumption.
  • Per capita, coal consumption in Australia averaged 7,626 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 20.89 pounds per day (#5 in the world).

Coal Imports & Exports in Australia

  • Australia imported 190,332 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈0.19% of consumption).
  • Australia exported 399,082,771 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈77.4% of production).
  • This made Australia a net exporter of 398,892,439 short tons of coal in 2024.

coal Balance in Australia

  • In 2024, Australia produced approximately 1,412,587 short tons of coal per day and consumed 279,062 short tons per day , a daily surplus of 1,133,525 short tons.

Australia Coal History (1980-2024)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———515,594,267+5.6%55.3%101,857,568−1.3%121.0%7,626190,332399,082,771−398,892,439
2023164,764,480,320412.8%488,251,727−4.5%65.1%103,219,890−5.7%121.1%7,804.6205,180383,726,745−383,521,565
2022164,764,480,320412.8%510,991,203−0.77%55.5%109,500,168−0.38%121.2%8,358.5209,005404,917,796−404,708,791
2021165,596,724,370313.2%514,937,146−6.5%55.8%109,921,251+2.8%121.3%8,469.7123,976402,601,120−402,477,145
2020165,596,724,370313.2%550,888,742−2.3%46.5%106,908,638−4.6%121.3%8,305.6183,337417,950,392−417,767,055
2019164,331,272,490313.4%564,027,151+4.1%56.3%112,009,026−3.7%121.3%8,791135,326435,358,437−435,223,111
2018164,331,272,490313.4%541,743,914−2.8%56.2%116,347,718−4.4%121.3%9,263.584,836421,020,691−420,935,855
2017159,634,329,580313.1%557,422,513−0.54%46.6%121,663,041−3.6%111.4%9,838.961,059418,028,417−417,967,358
2016159,634,329,580313.2%560,423,056−2.4%46.9%126,265,201+1.3%101.5%10,37946,491429,130,385−429,083,894
2015159,634,329,580313.2%574,180,785+4.7%46.6%124,697,716+4.7%101.4%10,41452,946432,489,124−432,436,177
2014117,130,358,290410.2%548,558,790+6.3%46.2%119,085,856−4.7%101.3%10,09491,951426,338,470−426,246,519
2013117,097,288,990410.9%516,068,419+6.2%55.7%124,974,396−8.7%101.4%10,75748,072391,684,146−391,636,074
2012116,013,718,260411.1%486,118,468+4.7%45.5%136,817,443−0.67%91.5%11,97416,585340,924,308−340,907,723
2011112,167,758,670410.8%464,437,085−4.5%45.4%137,743,691−3.5%91.6%12,25561,788313,618,218−313,556,430
201089,176,879,00048.9%486,341,373+7.1%45.9%142,705,495−7.6%91.7%12,89079,011322,554,645−322,475,634
200989,176,879,00048.9%454,111,444+4.1%45.9%154,433,096+3.1%82.0%14,17941,574295,238,392−295,196,818
200884,767,639,00058.6%436,346,756+0.4%45.8%149,819,315−0.81%92.0%14,02177,989281,190,478−281,112,488
2007———434,623,993+4.4%45.9%151,036,958+0.54%92.0%14,41696,257269,479,345−269,383,088
2006———416,384,223+1.1%45.9%150,231,068+2%92.1%14,59294,951256,248,494−256,153,543
2005———411,705,225+5.8%46.2%147,255,098+1.3%92.2%14,512112,068256,099,682−255,987,615
2004———389,241,901+2.6%46.2%145,303,168+4%92.3%14,49699,853241,783,982−241,684,130
2003———379,379,397+0.67%46.5%139,780,860+0.22%92.4%14,10582,648230,107,212−230,024,564
2002———376,837,699+3.5%46.9%139,468,435+2%92.6%14,23564,371225,239,412−225,175,040
2001———364,035,740+7.4%46.8%136,788,759+0.49%92.6%14,12722,168211,839,731−211,817,563
2000———338,998,522+5.4%46.6%136,123,830+0.19%92.6%14,23022,414206,090,082−206,067,668
1999———321,651,052+1.2%46.5%135,868,510+1.9%92.7%14,37018,156189,444,099−189,425,943
1998———317,745,643+8.7%46.3%133,356,443+9.5%92.7%14,26126,370183,860,899−183,834,529
1997———292,390,539+6.9%45.8%121,824,216+5%92.5%13,16789,253173,676,657−173,587,404
1996———273,569,385+2.2%45.4%115,998,035+7.8%92.3%12,67461,200155,266,977−155,205,777
1995———267,598,792+7.3%65.4%107,584,891+2.4%92.2%11,89132,037150,687,982−150,655,944
1994———249,471,031−0.36%65.1%105,035,546+0.67%92.2%11,73724,634144,624,174−144,599,540
1993———250,369,402−0.91%65.2%104,340,100−2.1%102.2%11,77517,262145,231,547−145,214,286
1992———252,666,524+3.9%65.2%106,599,138+2.7%122.2%12,1491,517139,157,819−139,156,302
1991———243,171,463+7.4%54.9%103,788,125+4%92.1%11,9627,598.2132,478,923−132,471,325
1990———226,346,700+5.1%54.4%99,803,970−5.6%82.0%11,65517,475113,974,445−113,956,970
1989———215,457,513+11.3%54.1%105,712,909+9%82.1%12,53326,599108,763,825−108,737,226
1988———193,590,989−9.9%63.7%96,961,985+3.4%81.9%11,68628,371109,809,918−109,781,547
1987———214,906,358+13.7%44.2%93,733,421+9.4%81.9%11,4850111,500,861−111,500,861
1986———189,058,290+6.7%53.8%85,693,642−0.95%81.8%10,6650101,343,074−101,343,074
1985———177,169,877+8.8%53.7%86,516,250+10.8%81.8%10,927097,709,861−97,709,861
1984———162,789,141+6.6%53.5%78,117,768+0.99%81.7%10,002084,238,530−84,238,530
1983———152,683,163+9.8%53.5%77,352,778−4.6%81.8%10,036067,330,197−67,330,197
1982———139,098,294+4.3%63.2%81,047,970+4.5%81.9%10,669051,058,999−51,058,999
1981———133,349,748+15.8%63.2%77,567,527+1.3%81.9%10,377055,644,609−55,644,609
1980———115,195,804—72.8%76,567,345—81.9%10,402046,720,307−46,720,307

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