| Country | Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2020 | 2030 | CTL proportion in oil demand | dependence rate of imported oil |
| China | plan in 2006 | 150 | 1000 | 3000 | 4.93% | 46.37% | ||||||
| plan in 2014 | 1000 | 1.74% | 56.48% | |||||||||
| plan in 2016 | 1200 | 1.97% | 63.50% | |||||||||
| actual capacity | 100 | 155 | 155 | 155 | 162 | 311 | 711 | 1300 | 2.13% | 63.50% | ||
| U.S. | plan in 2008 | 14,900 | 15.00% | 59.05% | ||||||||
| announced capacity (2008) | 1409 | 1.45% | 56.08% | |||||||||
| announced capacity (2014) | 680 | 0.71% | 26.33% | |||||||||
| South Africa | actual capacity | 800 | 800 | 800 | 700 | N/A | N/A | 29.74% | 70.26% |