Indonesia Coal

38,641,477,050short tons
3.0%
of world reserves
at current production
921,532,256short tons+7% YoY
326,880,625short tons+6.8% YoY
Daily Surplus (2024)
+1,629,183short tons

Consumption uses 35.5% of production.

Exports take 66.7% of production.

Production
Consumption
Surplus

Coal Reserves in Indonesia

  • Indonesia holds 38,641,477,050 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#7 in the world), and accounting for about 3% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
  • As of 2023 production rates, Indonesia has about 45 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Production in Indonesia

  • Indonesia produced 921,532,256 short tons of coal in 2024 (#3 in the world), an increase of 7% from 861,190,551 short tons in 2023.

Coal Consumption in Indonesia

  • Indonesia consumed 326,880,625 short tons of coal in 2024 (#4 in the world), an increase of 6.8% from 2023. This represents 3.4% of the world's total coal consumption.
  • Per capita, coal consumption in Indonesia averaged 2,306.1 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 6.32 pounds per day (#25 in the world).

Coal Imports & Exports in Indonesia

  • Indonesia imported 20,168,849 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈6.2% of consumption).
  • Indonesia exported 614,820,480 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈66.7% of production).
  • This made Indonesia a net exporter of 594,651,631 short tons of coal in 2024.

coal Balance in Indonesia

  • In 2024, Indonesia produced approximately 2,524,746 short tons of coal per day and consumed 895,563 short tons per day , a daily surplus of 1,629,183 short tons.

Indonesia Coal History (1980-2024)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———921,532,256+7%39.5%326,880,625+6.8%43.4%2,306.120,168,849614,820,480−594,651,631
202338,641,477,05073.0%861,190,551+12.7%39.0%306,080,137+15.4%43.2%2,17715,936,687571,047,100−555,110,413
202238,641,477,05073.0%764,377,451+12.9%38.3%265,204,141+60.3%52.9%1,902.313,770,781512,944,091−499,173,310
202138,436,447,39073.1%676,807,599+8.9%37.6%165,481,045+13.8%81.9%1,195.914,812,381478,028,683−463,216,302
202038,436,447,39073.1%621,403,293−8.5%37.3%145,379,965−4.7%81.7%1,0588,828,215451,520,087−442,691,872
201943,972,248,21063.6%679,198,882+10.5%47.6%152,579,757+20.3%81.8%1,119.97,461,915488,218,881−480,756,966
201843,972,248,21063.6%614,838,689+20.9%47.0%126,853,835+18.6%111.5%939.85,906,033449,756,839−443,850,806
201724,937,049,122122.0%508,438,486+1.1%56.0%106,957,139+7.2%121.3%800.14,797,640429,383,064−424,585,424
201624,910,001,380122.1%502,871,369−1.2%56.1%99,814,171+4.7%121.2%754.44,297,832406,630,277−402,332,445
201524,829,960,463122.1%508,788,906+0.76%55.8%95,365,356+13.6%121.1%728.53,315,676403,140,181−399,824,505
201424,829,409,308112.2%504,964,581−3.4%55.7%83,973,977+5.7%130.94%648.82,692,193421,052,470−418,360,278
201324,817,407,340102.3%522,904,304+22.9%45.8%79,443,482+7.6%130.88%621672,271420,200,572−419,528,301
201224,816,305,030102.4%425,576,931+9.3%54.8%73,854,770+1.5%140.83%584.585,744383,162,956−383,077,212
201124,816,305,03092.4%389,414,087−2%54.5%72,752,460+0.19%150.84%583.346,792356,266,592−356,219,800
201018,910,128,050111.9%397,343,072+21.5%54.8%72,611,387+17%140.88%589.660,881320,331,286−320,270,405
200917,388,940,250111.7%327,098,367+7.3%54.3%62,054,541+5.3%160.81%510.375,843257,389,385−257,313,542
20084,907,484,120160.50%304,775,487+6.1%64.0%58,944,100+3.8%190.78%490.9117,871221,588,196−221,470,325
2007———287,226,712+15%63.9%56,759,821+18.7%190.76%478.974,443214,950,450−214,876,007
2006———249,699,670+25.4%73.6%47,823,009+4.9%190.67%408.8122,007200,069,265−199,947,258
2005———199,051,486+17.8%83.0%45,581,330+14.6%200.68%394.9108,224141,765,884−141,657,661
2004———168,955,207+19.3%92.7%39,773,256+10.4%210.63%349107,126115,875,929−115,768,804
2003———141,574,679+14.8%92.4%36,011,772+11.7%220.62%320254,36096,879,821−96,625,461
2002———123,306,281+7.8%92.3%32,250,287+3.2%220.60%290.4283,04680,447,686−80,164,640
2001———114,352,069+22%92.1%31,265,022+14.5%230.59%285.4311,73373,131,655−72,819,922
2000———93,736,312+1.5%91.8%27,310,833+8.4%230.53%252.8340,41962,607,901−62,267,482
1999———92,339,423+20.8%91.9%25,185,579+28.8%240.51%236.5393,08860,854,687−60,461,599
1998———76,422,431+17%101.5%19,551,672+12.8%250.40%186.4360,78252,469,956−52,109,174
1997———65,336,339+11.5%131.3%17,336,029+16.2%280.35%167.9425,25945,981,759−45,556,500
1996———58,598,330+23.5%151.2%14,917,561+10.3%300.30%146.8454,27240,091,015−39,636,743
1995———47,455,121+33.1%160.96%13,522,037+13.5%310.27%135.3455,93134,511,121−34,055,190
1994———35,647,206+10%180.73%11,910,331+11.3%330.25%121.2457,59122,283,362−21,825,772
1993———32,401,340+30.8%190.68%10,704,249+0.63%340.22%110.7629,97218,604,811−17,974,839
1992———24,762,322+42.5%200.51%10,637,623+3.7%310.22%111.9771,48116,983,000−16,211,519
1991———17,377,043+32%180.35%10,260,934+11.5%290.21%109.9912,9897,977,515−7,064,526
1990———13,165,070+35.5%200.25%9,206,625+11.4%280.18%100.31,369,5785,060,267−3,690,689
1989———9,713,568+42.5%210.18%8,261,796+20.4%280.16%91.71,196,0062,643,000−1,446,994
1988———6,817,422+31.5%230.13%6,862,105+28.6%280.14%77.61,235,2451,192,88342,362
1987———5,183,357+20%250.10%5,335,753+25.4%320.11%61.51,044,539893,883150,656
1986———4,318,851+59.4%250.09%4,255,997+57.8%320.09%50.02853,832918,473−64,641
1985———2,709,276+61.1%280.06%2,697,705+94.1%350.06%32.35820,935834,129−13,194
1984———1,682,182+128.2%330.04%1,389,818+347.6%430.03%17.03422,869716,627−293,758
1983———737,005+12%370.02%310,534+40.6%530.01%3.8958,463600,883−542,420
1982———657,948−13.8%370.02%220,941−6.5%530.01%2.8354,917492,883−437,966
1981———763,571+21.8%360.02%236,414−6.1%510.01%3.151,379464,660−413,282
1980———627,105—370.02%251,876—500.01%3.3847,829423,883−376,053

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