Coal exports - Country rankings
* 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 |
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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 |
Definition: Amount of coal shipped to foreign destinations.
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230994.11
85955.93
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