Kyrgyzstan Coal
2.4%
of world reserves
at current production
Production (2024)#34 World
4,846,115short tons+19.3% YoY
Consumption (2024)#51 World
3,636,117short tons−21.7% YoY
Daily Surplus (2024)
+3,315.1short tons
Consumption uses 75% of production.
Exports take 37.3% of production.
Production
Consumption
Surplus
Coal Reserves in Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan holds 31,414,732,690 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#9 in the world), and accounting for about 2.4% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
- As of 2023 production rates, Kyrgyzstan has about > 500 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).
Coal Production in Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan produced 4,846,115 short tons of coal in 2024 (#34 in the world), an increase of 19.3% from 4,061,821 short tons in 2023.
Coal Consumption in Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan consumed 3,636,117 short tons of coal in 2024 (#51 in the world), a decrease of 21.7% from 2023. This represents 0.04% of the world's total coal consumption.
- Per capita, coal consumption in Kyrgyzstan averaged 1,012 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 2.77 pounds per day (#40 in the world).
Coal Imports & Exports in Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan imported 636,481 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈17.5% of consumption).
- Kyrgyzstan exported 1,809,219 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈37.3% of production).
- This made Kyrgyzstan a net exporter of 1,172,738 short tons of coal in 2024.
coal Balance in Kyrgyzstan
- In 2024, Kyrgyzstan produced approximately 13,277 short tons of coal per day and consumed 9,962 short tons per day , a daily surplus of 3,315.1 short tons.
Kyrgyzstan Coal History (1980-2024)
| Reserves | Production | Consumption | Trade | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | — | 4,846,115 | +19.3% | 34 | 0.05% | 3,636,117 | −21.7% | 51 | 0.04% | 1,012 | 636,481 | 1,809,219 | −1,172,738 |
| 2023 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.4% | 4,061,821 | +1.3% | 36 | 0.04% | 4,642,319 | +25.6% | 51 | 0.05% | 1,312.6 | 1,590,402 | 1,843,364 | −252,963 |
| 2022 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.4% | 4,008,663 | +77.4% | 37 | 0.04% | 3,695,318 | +147.4% | 50 | 0.04% | 1,062.5 | 813,979 | 1,456,042 | −642,063 |
| 2021 | 31,414,732,690 | 10 | 2.5% | 2,259,560 | −23.4% | 42 | 0.03% | 1,493,397 | −24.1% | 71 | 0.02% | 437.9 | 404,368 | 1,170,531 | −766,163 |
| 2020 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.5% | 2,951,600 | +2.7% | 39 | 0.03% | 1,966,630 | −16.5% | 65 | 0.02% | 590.2 | 530,297 | 1,084,650 | −554,353 |
| 2019 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.6% | 2,872,613 | +8.8% | 41 | 0.03% | 2,355,208 | −0.17% | 61 | 0.03% | 725.3 | 340,322 | 857,728 | −517,405 |
| 2018 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.6% | 2,640,255 | +28% | 43 | 0.03% | 2,359,280 | −0.17% | 62 | 0.03% | 744 | 906,264 | 839,259 | 67,005 |
| 2017 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.6% | 2,062,422 | +1.1% | 45 | 0.02% | 2,363,353 | −3.4% | 62 | 0.03% | 759.9 | 1,015,418 | 529,511 | 485,906 |
| 2016 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.6% | 2,040,376 | +0.43% | 45 | 0.02% | 2,447,128 | −15.6% | 62 | 0.03% | 801.2 | 870,205 | 377,972 | 492,233 |
| 2015 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.6% | 2,031,557 | +2.2% | 46 | 0.02% | 2,897,973 | +3% | 59 | 0.03% | 965.7 | 1,388,512 | 263,585 | 1,124,927 |
| 2014 | 31,414,732,690 | 9 | 2.7% | 1,987,465 | +28.1% | 44 | 0.02% | 2,813,095 | +26.2% | 59 | 0.03% | 953.9 | 1,274,686 | 122,730 | 1,151,957 |
| 2013 | 1,070,343,010 | 34 | 0.10% | 1,552,052 | +21% | 49 | 0.02% | 2,228,871 | −21.3% | 61 | 0.02% | 768.9 | 1,405,445 | 92,477 | 1,312,969 |
| 2012 | 1,070,343,010 | 33 | 0.10% | 1,283,089 | +40.1% | 49 | 0.01% | 2,831,834 | +40.5% | 57 | 0.03% | 994.2 | 1,365,280 | 92,203 | 1,273,077 |
| 2011 | 1,070,343,010 | 33 | 0.10% | 916,020 | +44.5% | 49 | 0.01% | 2,016,125 | +8.4% | 60 | 0.02% | 720.7 | 1,141,993 | 82,894 | 1,059,099 |
| 2010 | 1,070,343,010 | 33 | 0.11% | 633,828 | −5.3% | 53 | 0.01% | 1,860,699 | −2.5% | 60 | 0.02% | 677.6 | 1,234,587 | 76,831 | 1,157,756 |
| 2009 | 1,070,343,010 | 33 | 0.11% | 669,102 | +25.2% | 50 | 0.01% | 1,908,099 | −12% | 59 | 0.02% | 707 | 1,349,762 | 70,768 | 1,278,994 |
| 2008 | 1,070,343,010 | 32 | 0.11% | 534,620 | +22.8% | 51 | 0.01% | 2,167,141 | +38.5% | 59 | 0.03% | 811.3 | 1,074,754 | 64,706 | 1,010,048 |
| 2007 | — | — | — | 435,412 | +23.1% | 50 | 0.01% | 1,564,178 | +14.3% | 61 | 0.02% | 588.8 | 1,245,385 | 58,643 | 1,186,742 |
| 2006 | — | — | — | 353,842 | −4.2% | 51 | 0.01% | 1,369,069 | −5% | 62 | 0.02% | 518.3 | 882,951 | 52,580 | 830,371 |
| 2005 | — | — | — | 369,274 | −27.3% | 47 | 0.01% | 1,440,719 | −4% | 60 | 0.02% | 549.2 | 934,760 | 40,785 | 893,975 |
| 2004 | — | — | — | 508,165 | +10.8% | 45 | 0.01% | 1,500,244 | −7.5% | 58 | 0.02% | 576.7 | 1,033,968 | 48,502 | 985,466 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | 458,561 | −9.4% | 48 | 0.01% | 1,621,498 | +18.4% | 58 | 0.03% | 628.6 | 1,165,143 | 34,172 | 1,130,972 |
| 2002 | — | — | — | 505,960 | −3.6% | 47 | 0.01% | 1,369,069 | +57.2% | 58 | 0.03% | 535.2 | 972,239 | 27,558 | 944,681 |
| 2001 | — | — | — | 524,700 | +12% | 48 | 0.01% | 870,825 | −29.9% | 61 | 0.02% | 343.4 | 378,093 | 20,944 | 357,149 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | 468,482 | +1.9% | 46 | 0.01% | 1,242,303 | −7.4% | 58 | 0.02% | 494.4 | 800,278 | 24,251 | 776,027 |
| 1999 | — | — | — | 459,663 | −3.5% | 45 | 0.01% | 1,341,511 | −0.16% | 58 | 0.03% | 540 | 893,975 | 12,125 | 881,849 |
| 1998 | — | — | — | 476,198 | −17.2% | 45 | 0.01% | 1,343,716 | −0.65% | 58 | 0.03% | 547.6 | 892,872 | 25,353 | 867,519 |
| 1997 | — | — | — | 575,406 | +27.6% | 45 | 0.01% | 1,352,534 | +5.6% | 58 | 0.03% | 558 | 891,770 | 110,231 | 781,539 |
| 1996 | — | — | — | 450,845 | −11.7% | 46 | 0.01% | 1,280,884 | +7.2% | 58 | 0.03% | 535.6 | 936,965 | 101,413 | 835,552 |
| 1995 | — | — | — | 510,370 | −45.2% | 46 | 0.01% | 1,195,308 | −21.4% | 58 | 0.02% | 507.2 | 922,474 | 164,497 | 757,977 |
| 1994 | — | — | — | 931,452 | −50.9% | 45 | 0.02% | 1,521,624 | −37.8% | 58 | 0.03% | 654.6 | 912,833 | 328,423 | 584,411 |
| 1993 | — | — | — | 1,897,076 | −20% | 39 | 0.04% | 2,444,924 | −10.6% | 52 | 0.05% | 1,056.9 | 876,740 | 493,002 | 383,738 |
| 1992 | — | — | — | 2,371,069 | — | 37 | 0.05% | 2,734,831 | — | 48 | 0.06% | 1,189 | 855,260 | 940,606 | −85,345 |
See also
Sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics.