| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 185248.66 | 2020 | 1 | 208986.7 |
| 2 | Morocco | 10274.78 | 2020 | 2 | 9824.29 |
| 3 ↑ | Zimbabwe | 3823.51 | 2020 | 4 | 2012.78 |
| 4 ↓ | Egypt | 2257.33 | 2020 | 3 | 4345.13 |
| 5 ↑ | Botswana | 1560.79 | 2020 | 6 | 1466.6 |
| 6 ↓ | Zambia | 1296.26 | 2020 | 5 | 1527.89 |
| 7 | Senegal | 985.99 | 2020 | 7 | 981.06 |
| 8 ↑ | Kenya | 904.82 | 2020 | 10 | 623.92 |
| 9 ↓ | Ethiopia | 759.67 | 2020 | 8 | 761.37 |
| 10 ↓ | Mauritius | 728.1 | 2020 | 9 | 731.87 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 635.51 | 2020 | 11 | 605.51 |
| 12 ↑ | Niger | 247.25 | 2020 | 14 | 249.12 |
| 13 ↑ | Swaziland | 186.13 | 2020 | 15 | 174.8 |
| 14 ↓ | Madagascar | 118.07 | 2020 | 12 | 523.71 |
| 15 ↑ | Nigeria | 93.92 | 2020 | 17 | 106.25 |
| 16 | Benin | 86.25 | 2020 | 16 | 129.9 |
| 17 ↑ | Ghana | 52.48 | 2020 | 19 | 81.62 |
| 18 | Malawi | 52.05 | 2020 | 18 | 96.41 |
| 19 ↑ | Mozambique | 50.74 | 2020 | 20 | 51.37 |
| 20 ↓ | Togo | 50.2 | 2020 | 13 | 354.24 |
| 21 | Namibia | 42.2 | 2020 | 21 | 33.28 |
| 22 ↑ | Algeria | 26.41 | 2020 | 23 | 16.27 |
| 23 ↓ | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.53 | 2020 | 22 | 20.02 |
| 24 | Tunisia | 2.94 | 2020 | 24 | 3.45 |
| 25 | Gambia | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Liberia | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Libya | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Lesotho | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Gabon | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Eritrea | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Mali | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Burundi | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Djibouti | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Rwanda | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Sudan | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Comoros | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Somalia | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Republic of the Congo | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Seychelles | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Chad | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Uganda | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Guinea | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2020 | 25 | 0 |
Coal consumption includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and oil shale. It also includes net imports of metallurgical coke.
