Coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption fell 5.56% to 0.003% in Malaysia in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Malaysia reached an all time high of 0.003% in 2010 and an all time low of < 0.001% in 1980. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Cambodia amounted to < 0.001%, < 0.001% in Singapore, 0.004% in Thailand and 0.005% in Vietnam in 2015.
Malaysia has been ranked 27th within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Coal Consumption (As % of Worldwide Consumption) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||
| China | % | 0.448% | 0.472% | 0.496% | 0.511% | 0.521% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.009% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.004% | 0.005% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 0.003% | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.004% |