Asia Pacific
PACIFIC
OCEAN
JAPAN
Europe
and Eurasia
CHINA
RUSSIA
GERMANY
INDIA
In 2004 43 % of the
INDIAN
OCEAN
electricity produced in the
world came from coal.
Africa
and Middle East
In brown: share of lignite
and sub-bituminous coal
Coal reserves at the end of 2006
Thousand million tonnes
300
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
200
AFRICA
OCEAN
100
20
Sources: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2007; US Department of Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy
Annual 2004, 2006; EIA, System for the Analysis of Global Energy Markets, 2007; World Energy Council, Survey of Energy Resources 2004;
Coaltrans World Coal Map 2005; International Energy Agency; OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms, 2008; Atlas Environnement du Monde
Diplomatique 2007; Colin Campbell, Association for the study of peak oil and gas, 2007.