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Kazakhstan Coal

Reserves (2023)#11 World
28,224,647,550short tons
2.2%
of world reserves
218 years
at current production
Production (2024)#8 World
124,437,864short tons−4.1% YoY
Consumption (2024)#14 World
89,819,245short tons−2.7% YoY
Daily Surplus (2024)
+94,846short tons

Consumption uses 72.2% of production.

The rest is exported.

Production
Consumption
Surplus

Coal Reserves in Kazakhstan

  • Kazakhstan holds 28,224,647,550 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#11 in the world), and accounting for about 2.2% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
  • As of 2023 production rates, Kazakhstan has about 218 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Production in Kazakhstan

  • Kazakhstan produced 124,437,864 short tons of coal in 2024 (#8 in the world), a decrease of 4.1% from 129,748,277 short tons in 2023.

Coal Consumption in Kazakhstan

  • Kazakhstan consumed 89,819,245 short tons of coal in 2024 (#14 in the world), a decrease of 2.7% from 2023. This represents 0.92% of the world's total coal consumption.
  • Per capita, coal consumption in Kazakhstan averaged 8,723.5 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 23.9 pounds per day (#2 in the world).

Coal Imports & Exports in Kazakhstan

  • Kazakhstan imported 75,881 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈0.08% of consumption).
  • Kazakhstan exported 34,694,500 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈27.9% of production).
  • This made Kazakhstan a net exporter of 34,618,619 short tons of coal in 2024.

coal Balance in Kazakhstan

  • In 2024, Kazakhstan produced approximately 340,926 short tons of coal per day and consumed 246,080 short tons per day , a daily surplus of 94,846 short tons.

Kazakhstan Coal History (1980-2024)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———124,437,864−4.1%81.3%89,819,245−2.7%140.92%8,723.575,88134,694,500−34,618,619
202328,224,647,550112.2%129,748,277+2.4%81.4%92,345,271+6.1%140.97%9,084.6103,00537,506,011−37,403,006
202228,224,647,550112.2%126,698,148+37.2%91.4%87,076,480+28%140.96%8,692.64,372.939,626,041−39,621,668
202128,224,647,550112.2%92,326,024−12.8%111.0%68,037,780−14.5%150.78%6,892.1213.224,288,458−24,288,244
202028,224,647,550112.2%105,893,827−1.5%101.2%79,622,074−0.76%140.96%8,173.923.0926,271,776−26,271,753
201928,224,647,550112.3%107,519,939−2.9%101.2%80,230,428+1.4%140.93%8,353.2107.927,289,619−27,289,511
201828,224,647,550112.3%110,747,711−0.93%101.3%79,090,469−0.97%130.91%8,354.9353.327,388,901−27,388,547
201728,224,647,550112.3%111,782,171−1.6%101.3%79,863,433−2.7%130.94%8,563.6135.229,146,885−29,146,750
201628,224,647,550112.3%113,619,501−4%101.4%82,074,920−2.7%130.97%8,938.9390.827,732,547−27,732,156
201528,224,647,550102.3%118,298,807−5.8%101.4%84,313,487−7.7%130.97%9,324.62,34330,495,703−30,493,360
201428,224,647,550102.5%125,646,805−4.7%101.4%91,382,601−7.2%121.0%10,2582,56731,400,107−31,397,540
201328,224,647,55092.6%131,807,616−0.79%101.5%98,450,613−0.73%111.1%11,2153,118.836,690,838−36,687,719
201228,224,647,55092.7%132,858,117+3.5%101.5%99,173,728+1.5%121.1%11,4619,297.530,347,913−30,338,616
201119,006,029,020111.8%128,364,000+5%101.5%97,718,679+7.5%121.1%11,45214,00821,297,367−21,283,359
201020,668,312,50092.1%122,278,146+10%101.5%90,875,539+8.2%121.1%10,795137,66921,127,419−20,989,750
200920,668,312,50092.1%111,172,373+1.9%101.4%83,975,078−10.2%121.1%10,105296,57128,306,656−28,010,085
200820,885,467,57092.1%109,118,769+1.2%101.4%93,502,343+16.6%121.2%11,384322,34437,420,379−37,098,035
2007———107,836,783+1.2%101.5%80,189,746+6%121.1%9,865.1392,02427,758,975−27,366,951
2006———106,554,796+16.8%101.5%75,657,047+7.6%121.1%9,396.2330,35631,636,479−31,306,123
2005———91,258,040−0.33%101.4%70,291,002+2.6%141.0%8,803.9483,26527,301,599−26,818,335
2004———91,563,380+2.8%101.5%68,504,157+10.6%141.1%8,644418,51926,890,991−26,472,472
2003———89,074,364+13.8%101.5%61,939,901+12.4%171.1%7,866.7353,77430,665,991−30,312,217
2002———78,264,010−7.3%101.4%55,116,602+6.2%181.0%7,040.7216,08825,474,857−25,258,769
2001———84,399,467+2.2%101.6%51,898,959+1.1%180.98%6,664.2228,53832,370,980−32,142,443
2000———82,547,587+29%101.6%51,351,111+13.5%170.99%6,625.5251,67028,922,657−28,670,987
1999———63,971,459−16%151.3%45,256,448−10.4%180.92%5,856.2133,57518,847,296−18,713,722
1998———76,180,644−1.5%111.5%50,485,770−3.8%171.0%6,452.899,30825,797,361−25,698,053
1997———77,353,502−5.7%111.5%52,467,011−10.8%171.1%6,540.765,04227,645,935−27,580,893
1996———81,997,534−7.9%111.6%58,818,416−10.9%161.2%7,16646,52623,227,876−23,181,350
1995———89,015,942−19.1%91.8%66,010,556−18.8%141.3%7,891105,47523,115,441−23,009,965
1994———110,022,663−6.9%92.3%81,250,109−12.9%121.7%9,534.388,67128,860,365−28,771,693
1993———118,179,757−15.3%92.5%93,290,357−16.7%122.0%10,80180,37824,969,003−24,888,625
1992———139,481,898—92.8%112,006,999—102.4%12,92477,45127,551,611−27,474,160

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