* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal exports, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 192 countries was 8088.49 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 2024. 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 - 2024
Australia 404917.78 2 1980 - 2024
Russia 230994.11 3 1992 - 2024
USA 85956 4 1980 - 2024
South Africa 77526.76 5 1980 - 2024
Colombia 62346 6 1980 - 2024
Kazakhstan 39626.04 7 1992 - 2024
Canada 31825.83 8 1980 - 2024
Mongolia 28957.17 9 1980 - 2024
Netherlands 20999.15 10 1980 - 2024
Mozambique 10376.51 11 1980 - 2024
Philippines 9587.89 12 1980 - 2024
Poland 6071.76 13 1980 - 2024
China 4380.67 14 1980 - 2024
Afghanistan 3685.53 15 1980 - 2024
Czechia 2185.21 16 1993 - 2024
Tanzania 1884.95 17 1980 - 2024
Germany 1575.89 18 1991 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 1456.04 19 1992 - 2024
Spain 1415.85 20 1980 - 2024
New Zealand 1408.72 21 1980 - 2024
India 1360.25 22 1980 - 2024
Belarus 1337.2 23 1992 - 2024
Peru 1277.21 24 1980 - 2024
Vietnam 1123.96 25 1980 - 2024
Laos 931.83 26 1980 - 2024
Denmark 910.07 27 1980 - 2024
Turkey 834.38 28 1980 - 2024
UK 762 29 1980 - 2024
Botswana 594.25 30 1980 - 2024
Bulgaria 550.25 31 1980 - 2024
Greece 399.45 32 1980 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 370.92 33 1992 - 2024
Belgium 303.81 34 1980 - 2024
Romania 267.24 35 1980 - 2024
Montenegro 258.38 36 2006 - 2024
Zimbabwe 190.82 37 1980 - 2024
Malaysia 177 38 1980 - 2024
Lithuania 169.81 39 1992 - 2024
Iran 151.09 40 1980 - 2024
Venezuela 136.54 41 1980 - 2024
France 122.88 42 1980 - 2024
Thailand 106.34 43 1980 - 2024
Ireland 105.6 44 1980 - 2024
Burma 97.59 45 1980 - 2024
Norway 92.94 46 1980 - 2024
Latvia 60.71 47 1992 - 2024
North Macedonia 58.37 48 1992 - 2024
Albania 34.64 49 1980 - 2024
Italy 20.16 50 1980 - 2024
Sweden 10.75 51 1980 - 2024
Uzbekistan 9.81 52 1992 - 2024
Serbia 6.78 53 2006 - 2024
Ukraine 6.05 54 1992 - 2024
Slovenia 5.48 55 1992 - 2024
Swaziland 5.16 56 1980 - 2024
Japan 3.89 57 1980 - 2024
Hungary 3.4 58 1980 - 2024
Tajikistan 2.51 59 1992 - 2024
Mexico 2 60 1980 - 2024
Pakistan 1.47 61 1980 - 2024
Croatia 1.3 62 1992 - 2024
Taiwan 1.27 63 1980 - 2024
Ethiopia 1.1 64 1980 - 2024
South Korea 0.42 65 1980 - 2024
Zambia 0.22 66 1980 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 0.14 67 1980 - 2024
Austria 0.13 68 1980 - 2024
Georgia 0.12 69 1992 - 2024
Uganda 0.09 70 1980 - 2024
Bahrain 0.08 71 1980 - 2024
Ecuador 0.08 72 1980 - 2024
Egypt 0.08 73 1980 - 2024
Finland 0.08 74 1980 - 2024
Lebanon 0.04 75 1980 - 2024
Armenia 0.02 76 1992 - 2024
Portugal 0.02 77 1980 - 2024
St. Vincent & ... 0.02 78 1980 - 2024
Singapore 0.02 79 1980 - 2024
Brazil 0.01 80 1980 - 2024
Djibouti 0.01 81 1980 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 0.01 82 1980 - 2024
Estonia 0.01 83 1992 - 2024
Israel 0.01 84 1980 - 2024
Luxembourg 0.01 85 1980 - 2024
Algeria 0 86 1980 - 2024
Angola 0 87 1980 - 2024
Ant.& Barb. 0 88 1980 - 2024
Argentina 0 89 1980 - 2024
Aruba 0 90 1986 - 2024
Azerbaijan 0 91 1992 - 2024
Bahamas 0 92 1980 - 2024
Bangladesh 0 93 1980 - 2024
Barbados 0 94 1980 - 2024
Belize 0 95 1980 - 2024
Benin 0 96 1980 - 2024
Bermuda 0 97 1980 - 2024
Bhutan 0 98 1980 - 2024
Bolivia 0 99 1980 - 2024
Brunei 0 100 1980 - 2024
Burkina Faso 0 101 1980 - 2024
Burundi 0 102 1980 - 2024
Cambodia 0 103 1980 - 2024
Cameroon 0 104 1980 - 2024
Cape Verde 0 105 1980 - 2024
C.A. Republic 0 106 1980 - 2024
Chad 0 107 1980 - 2024
Chile 0 108 1980 - 2024
Comoros 0 109 1980 - 2024
Cuba 0 110 1980 - 2024
Cyprus 0 111 1980 - 2024
DR Congo 0 112 1980 - 2024
Dominica 0 113 1980 - 2024
El Salvador 0 114 1980 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 0 115 1980 - 2024
Eritrea 0 116 1994 - 2024
Faroe Isl. 0 117 1980 - 2024
Fiji 0 118 1980 - 2024
Gabon 0 119 1980 - 2024
Gambia 0 120 1980 - 2024
Ghana 0 121 1980 - 2024
Gibraltar 0 122 1980 - 2024
Grenada 0 123 1980 - 2024
Guatemala 0 124 1980 - 2024
Guinea 0 125 1980 - 2024
G.-Bissau 0 126 1980 - 2024
Guyana 0 127 1980 - 2024
Haiti 0 128 1980 - 2024
Honduras 0 129 1980 - 2024
Hong Kong 0 130 1980 - 2024
Iceland 0 131 1980 - 2024
Iraq 0 132 1980 - 2024
Ivory Coast 0 133 1980 - 2024
Jamaica 0 134 1980 - 2024
Jordan 0 135 1980 - 2024
Kenya 0 136 1980 - 2024
Kiribati 0 137 1980 - 2024
Kuwait 0 138 1980 - 2024
Lesotho 0 139 1980 - 2024
Liberia 0 140 1980 - 2024
Libya 0 141 1980 - 2024
Macao 0 142 1980 - 2024
Madagascar 0 143 1980 - 2024
Malawi 0 144 1980 - 2024
Maldives 0 145 1980 - 2024
Mali 0 146 1980 - 2024
Malta 0 147 1980 - 2024
Mauritania 0 148 1980 - 2024
Mauritius 0 149 1980 - 2024
Micronesia 0 150 1980 - 2024
Moldova 0 151 1992 - 2024
Montserrat 0 152 1980 - 2024
Morocco 0 153 1980 - 2024
Namibia 0 154 1990 - 2024
Nepal 0 155 1980 - 2024
N. Caledonia 0 156 1980 - 2024
Nicaragua 0 157 1980 - 2024
Niger 0 158 1980 - 2024
Nigeria 0 159 1980 - 2024
North Korea 0 160 1980 - 2024
Oman 0 161 1980 - 2024
Panama 0 162 1980 - 2024
Papua N.G. 0 163 1980 - 2024
Paraguay 0 164 1980 - 2024
Puerto Rico 0 165 1980 - 2024
Qatar 0 166 1980 - 2024
R. of Congo 0 167 1980 - 2024
Rwanda 0 168 1980 - 2024
Saint Lucia 0 169 1980 - 2024
Samoa 0 170 1980 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0 171 1980 - 2024
Senegal 0 172 1980 - 2024
Seychelles 0 173 1980 - 2024
Sierra Leone 0 174 1980 - 2024
Slovakia 0 175 1993 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 0 176 1980 - 2024
Somalia 0 177 1980 - 2024
Sri Lanka 0 178 1980 - 2024
Sudan 0 179 1980 - 2024
Suriname 0 180 1980 - 2024
Switzerland 0 181 1980 - 2024
Syria 0 182 1980 - 2024
Togo 0 183 1980 - 2024
Tonga 0 184 1980 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 0 185 1980 - 2024
Tunisia 0 186 1980 - 2024
Turkmenistan 0 187 1992 - 2024
Tuvalu 0 188 1980 - 2024
UA Emirates 0 189 1980 - 2024
Uruguay 0 190 1980 - 2024
Vanuatu 0 191 1980 - 2024
Yemen 0 192 1980 - 2024


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