Coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption fell 19.7% to 0.005% in the United Kingdom in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 0.032% in 1980 and an all time low of 0.005% in 2015. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Belgium amounted to < 0.001%, 0.002% in France, 0.031% in Germany and < 0.001% in Ireland in 2015.
United Kingdom has been ranked 21st within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption, 6 places below 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 |
| Austria | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.006% | 0.005% | 0.005% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.033% | 0.031% | 0.030% | 0.031% | 0.030% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.001% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.018% | 0.018% | 0.018% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.003% | 0.004% | 0.003% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.008% | 0.007% |
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