Coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption fell 11.5% to 0.006% in Greece in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Greece reached an all time high of 0.014% in 2001 and an all time low of 0.006% in 2015. When compared to Greece's main peers, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Albania amounted to < 0.001%, 0.005% in Bulgaria, < 0.001% in Macedonia and 0.012% in Turkey in 2015.
Greece has been ranked 16th within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption, 4 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 |
| Albania | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.005% | 0.004% | 0.004% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 0.010% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.007% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Kosovo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.001% | |||
| Macedonia | % | 0.001% | < 0.001% | 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | |||||
| Romania | % | 0.005% | 0.004% | 0.005% | 0.004% | 0.003% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.006% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | |||||
| Turkey | % | 0.015% | 0.013% | 0.013% | 0.013% | 0.010% |