Total Coal Consumption rose 9.55% to 505 kt in Georgia in 2015

Total coal consumption rose 9.55% to 505 kt in Georgia in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, total coal consumption in Georgia reached an all time high of 581 kt in 1992 and an all time low of 15.4 kt in 2004. When compared to Georgia's main peers, total coal consumption in Armenia amounted to 1.24 kt, 0.178 kt in Azerbaijan, 228,176 kt in Russia and 98,619 kt in Turkey in 2015.

Georgia has been ranked 82nd within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of total coal consumption, 22 places above the position seen 10 years ago.