North Korea Coal

Summary Table

  Tons Global Rank
661,386,000 35th in the world
34,237,749 21st in the world
10,707,839 37th in the world
Yearly Surplus
 + 23,529,909  
Coal Imports
 1,731,596  
Coal Exports
24,825,709  
23,094,114  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Coal Reserves in North Korea

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North Korea holds 661 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 35th in the world and accounting for about 0% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

North Korea has proven reserves equivalent to 61.8 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 62 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Reserves
661,386,000 tons
Global Rank: 35th | Share of World: 0.06 %
62 years of Coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in North Korea

Coal Consumption in North Korea

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  • North Korea consumes 10,707,839 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
  • North Korea ranks 37th in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 0.9% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.
  • North Korea consumes 421,741 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 25,389,611 people), or 1,155 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in North Korea

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  • North Korea produces 34,237,749 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking 21st in the world.

Coal Exports

  • North Korea exports 67% of its Coal production (23,094,114 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production

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