South Korea Coal

Coal Reserves in South Korea

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South Korea holds 359 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking #46 in the world and accounting for about 0.032% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

South Korea has proven reserves equivalent to 2.3 times its annual consumption levels. This means tit has about 2 years of coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Coal Reserves in South Korea

Coal Consumption in South Korea

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• South Korea consumes 157,124,159 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
• South Korea ranks #8 in the world for coal consumption, accounting for about 1.84% of the world's total consumption of 8,561,852,178.
• South Korea consumes 3,062,978 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 51,297,839 people), or 8,392 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in South Korea

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• South Korea produces 1,902,589 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking #44 in the world.

Coal Imports

• South Korea imports 90% of its coal consumption (140,976,631 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production