* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal exports, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 8173.63 thousand short tons. The highest value was in Indonesia: 512944.09 thousand short tons and the lowest value was in Algeria: 0 thousand short tons. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: thousand short tons; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Coal exports, 2022 Global rank Available data
Indonesia 512944.09 1 1980 - 2023
Australia 404917.78 2 1980 - 2023
Russia 230994.11 3 1992 - 2023
USA 85955.93 4 1980 - 2023
South Africa 77526.76 5 1980 - 2023
Colombia 62346 6 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 39626.04 7 1992 - 2023
Canada 31825.83 8 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 28957.17 9 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 20999.15 10 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 10376.51 11 1980 - 2023
Philippines 9587.89 12 1980 - 2023
Poland 6071.76 13 1980 - 2023
China 4380.67 14 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 3685.53 15 1980 - 2023
Czechia 2185.21 16 1993 - 2023
Tanzania 1884.95 17 1980 - 2023
Germany 1575.89 18 1991 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 1456.04 19 1992 - 2023
Spain 1415.85 20 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 1408.72 21 1980 - 2023
India 1360.25 22 1980 - 2023
Belarus 1337.2 23 1992 - 2023
Peru 1277.21 24 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 1123.96 25 1980 - 2023
Laos 931.83 26 1980 - 2023
Denmark 910.07 27 1980 - 2023
Turkey 834.38 28 1980 - 2023
UK 762 29 1980 - 2023
Botswana 594.25 30 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 550.25 31 1980 - 2023
Greece 399.45 32 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 370.92 33 1992 - 2023
Belgium 303.81 34 1980 - 2023
Romania 267.24 35 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 258.38 36 2006 - 2023
Zimbabwe 190.82 37 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 177 38 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 169.81 39 1992 - 2023
Iran 151.09 40 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 136.54 41 1980 - 2023
France 122.88 42 1980 - 2023
Thailand 106.34 43 1980 - 2023
Ireland 105.6 44 1980 - 2023
Burma 97.59 45 1980 - 2023
Norway 92.94 46 1980 - 2023
Latvia 60.71 47 1992 - 2023
North Macedonia 58.37 48 1992 - 2023
Albania 34.64 49 1980 - 2023
Italy 20.16 50 1980 - 2023
Sweden 10.75 51 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 9.81 52 1992 - 2023
Serbia 6.78 53 2006 - 2023
Ukraine 6.05 54 1992 - 2023
Slovenia 5.48 55 1992 - 2023
Swaziland 5.16 56 1980 - 2023
Japan 3.89 57 1980 - 2023
Hungary 3.4 58 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 2.51 59 1992 - 2023
Mexico 2 60 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 1.47 61 1980 - 2023
Croatia 1.3 62 1992 - 2023
Taiwan 1.27 63 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 1.1 64 1980 - 2023
South Korea 0.42 65 1980 - 2023
Zambia 0.22 66 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.14 67 1980 - 2023
Austria 0.13 68 1980 - 2023
Georgia 0.12 69 1992 - 2023
Uganda 0.09 70 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0.08 71 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 0.08 72 1980 - 2023
Egypt 0.08 73 1980 - 2023
Finland 0.08 74 1980 - 2023
Lebanon 0.04 75 1980 - 2023
Armenia 0.02 76 1992 - 2023
Portugal 0.02 77 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.02 78 1980 - 2023
Singapore 0.02 79 1980 - 2023
Brazil 0.01 80 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.01 81 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.01 82 1980 - 2023
Estonia 0.01 83 1992 - 2023
Israel 0.01 84 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.01 85 1980 - 2023
Algeria 0 86 1980 - 2023
Angola 0 87 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 88 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0 89 1986 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0 90 1992 - 2023
Bahamas 0 91 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 0 92 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0 93 1980 - 2023
Belize 0 94 1980 - 2023
Benin 0 95 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0 96 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 0 97 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 0 98 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0 99 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 100 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0 101 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 0 102 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0 103 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 104 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 105 1980 - 2023
Chad 0 106 1980 - 2023
Chile 0 107 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0 108 1980 - 2023
Cuba 0 109 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 0 110 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 0 111 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0 112 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 0 113 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 114 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0 115 1994 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 116 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0 117 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0 118 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0 119 1980 - 2023
Ghana 0 120 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 121 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0 122 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 0 123 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0 124 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 125 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0 126 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0 127 1980 - 2023
Honduras 0 128 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 129 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0 130 1980 - 2023
Iraq 0 131 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 132 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 0 133 1980 - 2023
Jordan 0 134 1980 - 2023
Kenya 0 135 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 136 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 0 137 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0 138 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0 139 1980 - 2023
Libya 0 140 1980 - 2023
Macao 0 141 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0 142 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0 143 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0 144 1980 - 2023
Mali 0 145 1980 - 2023
Malta 0 146 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0 147 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 0 148 1980 - 2023
Micronesia 0 149 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0 150 1992 - 2023
Montserrat 0 151 1980 - 2023
Morocco 0 152 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0 153 1990 - 2023
Nepal 0 154 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0 155 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 0 156 1980 - 2023
Niger 0 157 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 0 158 1980 - 2023
North Korea 0 159 1980 - 2023
Oman 0 160 1980 - 2023
Panama 0 161 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0 162 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 0 163 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0 164 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0 165 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 166 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0 167 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0 168 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 169 1980 - 2023
Senegal 0 170 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0 171 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 172 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 0 173 1993 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 174 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0 175 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0 176 1980 - 2023
Sudan 0 177 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0 178 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 0 179 1980 - 2023
Syria 0 180 1980 - 2023
Togo 0 181 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0 182 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0 183 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0 184 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 185 1992 - 2023
Tuvalu 0 186 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 0 187 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 0 188 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 189 1980 - 2023
Yemen 0 190 1980 - 2023


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