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Turkey (Türkiye) Coal

Reserves (2023)#12 World
12,097,852,250short tons
0.94%
of world reserves
140 years
at current production
Production (2024)#12 World
87,080,344short tons+0.59% YoY
Consumption (2024)#9 World
131,410,914short tons−0.15% YoY
Daily Deficit (2024)
−121,454short tons

Production covers 66.3% of consumption.

The rest is imported.

Consumption
Production
Deficit

Coal Reserves in Turkey

  • Turkey holds 12,097,852,250 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#12 in the world), and accounting for about 0.94% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
  • As of 2023 production rates, Turkey has about 140 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Production in Turkey

  • Turkey produced 87,080,344 short tons of coal in 2024 (#12 in the world), an increase of 0.59% from 86,566,867 short tons in 2023.

Coal Consumption in Turkey

  • Turkey consumed 131,410,914 short tons of coal in 2024 (#9 in the world), a decrease of 0.15% from 2023. This represents 1.4% of the world's total coal consumption.
  • Per capita, coal consumption in Turkey averaged 3,004.6 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 8.23 pounds per day (#19 in the world).

Coal Imports & Exports in Turkey

  • Turkey imported 44,943,012 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈34.2% of consumption).
  • Turkey exported 454,308 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈0.52% of production).
  • This made Turkey a net importer of 44,488,705 short tons of coal in 2024.

coal Balance in Turkey

  • In 2024, Turkey produced approximately 238,576 short tons of coal per day and consumed 360,030 short tons per day , a daily deficit of 121,454 short tons.

Turkey (Türkiye) Coal History (1980-2024)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———87,080,344+0.59%120.90%131,410,914−0.15%91.4%3,004.644,943,012454,30844,488,705
202312,097,852,250120.94%86,566,867−6.5%110.90%131,609,055+0.86%101.4%3,016.144,321,052493,13843,827,914
202212,097,852,250120.94%92,545,979−2%111.0%130,489,731+8%101.4%2,997.740,599,526834,37539,765,151
202112,704,122,750121.0%94,393,987+14.6%101.1%120,818,107+6.2%111.4%2,787.540,252,820372,41139,880,409
202012,704,122,750121.0%82,355,785−14.2%110.97%113,734,812−17.1%111.4%2,642.244,363,501174,02244,189,479
201912,704,122,750121.0%95,999,184+3.8%121.1%137,175,994+2.2%91.6%3,214.141,615,14465,40441,549,741
201812,704,122,750121.0%92,524,212+13.3%121.1%134,169,256+9.1%101.6%3,178.842,295,44397,34142,198,102
201712,514,525,430131.0%81,679,155+1.5%120.97%122,959,374+5.2%101.4%2,959.943,128,561112,21943,016,342
201612,514,525,430131.0%80,473,039+25%120.98%116,877,929+14.9%111.4%2,862.840,050,43469,18639,981,247
201512,514,525,430131.0%64,390,336−10.5%130.74%101,722,269−4.5%111.2%2,542.637,461,419172,16737,289,252
20149,592,301,620140.83%71,911,397−1.3%130.81%106,463,304+14.8%111.2%2,728.632,867,62883,64832,783,980
20139,592,301,620120.89%72,877,245−5.9%130.81%92,718,601−14.9%121.0%2,427.129,358,1928,379.329,349,812
20122,713,887,220230.26%77,458,221−6.5%120.87%108,903,819−1.8%111.2%2,896.532,181,94011,77432,170,167
20112,688,534,090240.26%82,884,894+2.4%120.96%110,930,967+6.2%111.3%2,989.426,100,49610,06626,090,430
20102,582,712,330250.26%80,908,452−7.7%120.99%104,455,998−5.6%111.3%2,848.323,515,5798,997.323,506,582
20092,454,844,370250.25%87,632,543+0.12%111.1%110,690,663+1.8%111.4%3,05522,447,44117,30722,430,134
20082,454,844,370240.25%87,525,619+5.4%111.2%108,782,565+0.24%111.4%3,040.221,482,92017,34721,465,572
2007———83,074,491+17.3%111.1%108,524,624+17.6%101.5%3,067.825,292,50317,49725,275,006
2006———70,828,929+10.1%131.0%92,292,007+9%111.3%2,635.222,393,42810,40822,383,020
2005———64,308,765+25.8%150.97%84,682,761+19.2%111.3%2,442.919,136,10220,70719,115,394
2004———51,121,831−4.5%160.82%71,041,675+0.82%131.1%2,071.418,107,64621,49818,086,149
2003———53,531,481−10%160.92%70,460,758−3%131.2%2,077.517,819,94316,34317,803,601
2002———59,507,103−13.1%151.1%72,614,671−8.8%121.3%2,16612,889,31117,23012,872,081
2001———68,450,144−1.9%141.3%79,615,442−9.6%111.5%2,403.78,861,47015,6928,845,778
2000———69,740,949−5.6%141.4%88,109,843+6%101.7%2,693.414,331,13215,25114,315,882
1999———73,896,658−0.51%111.5%83,158,266−2.9%101.7%2,574.99,780,7976,081.29,774,715
1998———74,276,955+12.4%131.5%85,618,622+7.8%101.7%2,686.711,446,3875,176.111,441,211
1997———66,060,336+6.3%121.3%79,410,412+9.3%101.6%2,526.911,019,793727.611,019,066
1996———62,129,499+2.3%141.2%72,627,899+8%121.4%2,344.79,118,3081,967.59,116,341
1995———60,707,519+1.3%141.2%67,262,956+2.8%131.4%2,204.56,559,847221.36,559,626
1994———59,933,697+12%141.2%65,444,145+8.5%151.4%2,180.26,028,5334,010.96,024,523
1993———53,528,174−5.6%151.1%60,332,733−8.3%151.3%2,045.26,217,0281,194.96,215,833
1992———56,692,906+11.5%141.2%65,800,191+3.3%131.4%2,269.45,983,3395,165.35,978,173
1991———50,825,309−2.8%111.0%63,674,937+6.2%101.3%2,233.86,909,2799,135.86,900,143
1990———52,280,359−9.2%101.0%59,934,799−0.39%91.2%2,139.96,142,0719,462.86,132,609
1989———57,550,503+33.1%101.1%60,169,591+32.8%101.2%2,188.93,984,8515,080.13,979,771
1988———43,230,394−16.5%110.83%45,313,759−14.8%130.90%1,681.14,963,7023,306.94,960,395
1987———51,795,342+1.2%101.0%53,207,401−2.5%111.1%2,013.84,317,7483,091.24,314,657
1986———51,165,923+16.1%101.0%54,570,959+19.4%101.2%2,107.93,304,7252,204.63,302,521
1985———44,089,093+33.4%100.91%45,722,716+31.5%120.98%1,804.12,934,3491,102.32,933,247
1984———33,038,435+18.7%140.72%34,761,346+17.9%170.77%1,402.42,184,7782,755.82,182,023
1983———27,827,816+11.3%150.63%29,485,690+13.2%180.68%1,217.21,840,8581,653.51,839,204
1982———24,991,572+7.9%150.57%26,037,665+11.1%180.62%1,100.41,219,1551,9291,217,226
1981———23,155,124+12.8%150.55%23,436,213+4.1%180.57%1,011.9716,5022,204.6714,297
1980———20,530,524—170.49%22,521,296—180.55%991.91,041,683219,360822,323

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