Coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption fell 17.7% to < 0.001% in Latvia in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Latvia reached an all time high of < 0.001% in 1993 and an all time low of < 0.001% in 2015. When compared to Latvia's main peers, coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Belarus amounted to < 0.001%, < 0.001% in Estonia, < 0.001% in Lithuania and 0.027% in Russia in 2015.
Latvia has been ranked 103rd within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of coal consumption as a share of worldwide consumption, 17 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 |
| Belarus | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.448% | 0.472% | 0.496% | 0.511% | 0.521% | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.033% | 0.031% | 0.030% | 0.031% | 0.030% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 0.024% | 0.024% | 0.022% | 0.022% | 0.023% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.018% | 0.018% | 0.018% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 0.028% | 0.029% | 0.028% | 0.029% | 0.026% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.135% | 0.129% | 0.116% | 0.100% | 0.103% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 0.008% | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.008% | 0.008% |
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