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Russia Coal

Reserves (2023)#2 World
178,757,203,460short tons
13.9%
of world reserves
338 years
at current production
Production (2024)#4 World
524,929,324short tons−0.77% YoY
Consumption (2024)#5 World
297,944,695short tons+11.4% YoY
Daily Surplus (2024)
+621,876short tons

Consumption uses 56.8% of production.

Exports take 38.2% of production.

Production
Consumption
Surplus

Coal Reserves in Russia

  • Russia holds 178,757,203,460 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#2 in the world), and accounting for about 13.9% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
  • As of 2023 production rates, Russia has about 338 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Production in Russia

  • Russia produced 524,929,324 short tons of coal in 2024 (#4 in the world), a decrease of 0.77% from 529,019,589 short tons in 2023.

Coal Consumption in Russia

  • Russia consumed 297,944,695 short tons of coal in 2024 (#5 in the world), an increase of 11.4% from 2023. This represents 3.1% of the world's total coal consumption.
  • Per capita, coal consumption in Russia averaged 4,114.7 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 11.27 pounds per day (#17 in the world).

Coal Imports & Exports in Russia

  • Russia imported 21,790,557 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈7.3% of consumption).
  • Russia exported 200,601,697 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈38.2% of production).
  • This made Russia a net exporter of 178,811,139 short tons of coal in 2024.

coal Balance in Russia

  • In 2024, Russia produced approximately 1,438,163 short tons of coal per day and consumed 816,287 short tons per day , a daily surplus of 621,876 short tons.

Russia Coal History (1980-2024)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———524,929,324−0.77%45.4%297,944,695+11.4%53.1%4,114.721,790,557200,601,697−178,811,139
2023178,757,203,460213.9%529,019,589+4%55.5%267,492,701−11.7%52.8%3,678.422,840,236232,602,496−209,762,260
2022178,757,203,460213.9%508,541,292+6%65.5%302,970,184+15%43.3%4,162.325,422,994230,994,102−205,571,109
2021178,757,203,460214.2%479,799,706+8.4%65.4%263,390,516+19.2%43.0%3,612.127,245,843270,378,895−243,133,051
2020178,757,203,460214.2%442,475,060−8.1%65.2%221,037,436−8.9%42.7%3,020.226,399,122254,745,626−228,346,504
2019178,757,203,460214.5%481,700,652+1%65.4%242,619,512+2.6%42.8%3,311.526,742,045251,103,206−224,361,161
2018178,757,203,460214.5%476,919,051+6.1%65.5%236,502,224+4.9%52.7%3,230.227,800,874241,162,782−213,361,908
2017176,770,840,840214.5%449,578,567+6.3%65.3%225,476,341+2.7%52.6%3,084.827,453,821227,048,501−199,594,680
2016176,770,840,840214.6%423,095,348+3.3%65.2%219,638,039−4.4%52.6%3,013.324,432,772195,070,302−170,637,530
2015176,770,840,840214.6%409,700,959+4%64.7%229,690,463+12.8%52.6%3,161.426,914,080178,681,009−151,766,928
2014176,770,840,840215.4%393,765,084+2.1%64.4%203,659,077−4.2%62.3%2,810.527,693,299174,082,939−146,389,640
2013176,770,840,840216.4%385,818,421+6.3%64.3%212,604,227−9.7%62.4%2,940.528,317,850161,869,219−133,551,369
2012176,770,840,840216.8%363,057,924+11.4%64.1%235,516,962+4%52.6%3,264.526,292,631155,365,375−129,072,744
2011176,510,695,680217.1%325,886,928−1%63.8%226,468,291+5.6%52.6%3,144.426,815,662137,407,349−110,591,687
2010176,375,111,550217.6%329,257,792+8.2%64.0%214,554,294−1.5%52.6%2,981.328,152,997151,991,876−123,838,878
2009176,375,111,550217.6%304,227,639−9.5%64.0%217,826,112−11.6%52.8%3,028.126,616,377141,324,814−114,708,437
2008178,081,487,430218.0%336,162,662+5.5%54.4%246,541,153+5.4%53.3%3,428.726,135,078122,161,638−96,026,560
2007———318,590,739+1.6%54.3%233,889,238−3.4%53.1%3,251.625,911,645108,661,466−82,749,821
2006———313,679,947+0.6%54.5%242,177,507+2.4%53.4%3,361.228,627,94998,892,051−70,264,102
2005———311,822,555+9.2%54.7%236,608,637−1.1%53.5%3,272.623,356,88287,946,058−64,589,177
2004———285,436,561+0.76%54.6%239,243,158−3.2%53.8%3,295.824,521,54879,481,450−54,959,902
2003———283,270,521+8.2%54.9%247,112,549+1.6%54.2%3,389.927,110,55866,773,985−39,663,427
2002———261,886,810−4.2%54.8%243,279,817−2.7%54.5%3,33421,017,65654,296,672−33,279,017
2001———273,414,768+3.2%55.1%250,001,703+0.52%54.7%3,421.918,680,93545,944,324−27,263,389
2000———264,911,548+2.2%55.2%248,717,495+4.1%54.8%3,390.417,454,80848,448,220−30,993,413
1999———259,241,266+7.6%55.2%239,003,957+0.7%54.8%3,246.417,688,76930,643,698−12,954,930
1998———241,034,412−4.7%54.8%237,347,489−5%54.8%3,215.313,474,97426,096,539−12,621,566
1997———252,837,947−4.6%55.0%249,772,355−8.5%55.0%3,378.613,102,73826,762,901−13,660,163
1996———264,924,776−2.2%65.2%273,015,133−2.4%55.4%3,687.312,640,05729,533,757−16,893,700
1995———270,868,432−3.5%55.5%279,834,257−0.54%55.7%3,774.111,975,59030,502,105−18,526,515
1994———280,686,707−11.1%55.8%281,356,835−7.9%45.9%3,79711,881,19826,967,506−15,086,307
1993———315,631,036−9.5%36.6%305,631,759−11.1%46.4%4,126.411,559,41827,288,553−15,729,135
1992———348,764,270—37.1%343,680,579—47.2%4,615.810,882,38020,351,275−9,468,895

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