* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal imports, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 7966.83 thousand short tons. The highest value was in China: 345488.69 thousand short tons and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 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 imports, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 345488.69 1 1980 - 2023
India 231557.89 2 1980 - 2023
Japan 209407.38 3 1980 - 2023
South Korea 120612.67 4 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 70157.3 5 1980 - 2023
Germany 46777.86 6 1991 - 2023
Vietnam 43506.67 7 1980 - 2023
Turkey 40599.53 8 1980 - 2023
Philippines 34770.75 9 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 31343.42 10 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 30675.27 11 1980 - 2023
Russia 25422.99 12 1992 - 2023
Thailand 24761.8 13 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 24066.22 14 1980 - 2023
Brazil 19611.65 15 1980 - 2023
Poland 14540.88 16 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 13770.78 17 1980 - 2023
Italy 13536.26 18 1980 - 2023
Morocco 12843.97 19 1980 - 2023
Spain 11361.96 20 1980 - 2023
Mexico 10220.64 21 1980 - 2023
France 9843.49 22 1980 - 2023
Chile 8859.91 23 1980 - 2023
Israel 7232.71 24 1980 - 2023
UK 7007.99 25 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 6828.02 26 1992 - 2023
USA 6312.93 27 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 6261.82 28 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 6149.28 29 1980 - 2023
Canada 5817.86 30 1980 - 2023
Czechia 4718.1 31 1993 - 2023
Belgium 4516.19 32 1980 - 2023
Finland 4115.86 33 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 3648.74 34 1993 - 2023
Austria 3627.66 35 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 3598.94 36 1980 - 2023
Egypt 3010.67 37 1980 - 2023
Belarus 2704.75 38 1992 - 2023
South Africa 2564.45 39 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 2495.59 40 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 2429.01 41 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 2410.8 42 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 2407.71 43 1992 - 2023
Sweden 2250.95 44 1980 - 2023
Denmark 2062.34 45 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 1495.61 46 1992 - 2023
Ireland 1470.7 47 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 1436.89 48 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 1432.11 49 1980 - 2023
Brunei 1326.08 50 1980 - 2023
Kenya 1287.54 51 1980 - 2023
Serbia 1186.56 52 2006 - 2023
N. Caledonia 1116.26 53 1980 - 2023
Nepal 1096.74 54 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 934.04 55 1980 - 2023
Panama 931.78 56 1980 - 2023
Norway 897.7 57 1980 - 2023
Hungary 852.28 58 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 826.04 59 1992 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 813.98 60 1992 - 2023
New Zealand 793.93 61 1980 - 2023
Croatia 740.02 62 1992 - 2023
Romania 738.79 63 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 734.03 64 1980 - 2023
Singapore 651.55 65 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 639.34 66 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 563.15 67 1980 - 2023
Senegal 553.36 68 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 530.7 69 1992 - 2023
Slovenia 510.69 70 1992 - 2023
Peru 391.83 71 1980 - 2023
Burma 335.12 72 1980 - 2023
Jordan 326.78 73 1980 - 2023
Lebanon 216.31 74 1980 - 2023
Honduras 209.44 75 1980 - 2023
Australia 209 76 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 185.41 77 1980 - 2023
Yemen 181.89 78 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 162.23 79 1980 - 2023
Latvia 161.33 80 1992 - 2023
Moldova 132.9 81 1992 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 131.69 82 1980 - 2023
Georgia 114.02 83 1992 - 2023
Iceland 109.86 84 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 107.22 85 1992 - 2023
Togo 99.74 86 1980 - 2023
Ghana 94.13 87 1980 - 2023
Liberia 85.65 88 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 85.63 89 1980 - 2023
Greece 77.72 90 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 71.78 91 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 71.67 92 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 70.38 93 1980 - 2023
Iran 65.28 94 1980 - 2023
Oman 57.11 95 1980 - 2023
Armenia 51.41 96 1992 - 2023
Bhutan 50.63 97 1980 - 2023
Benin 50.47 98 1980 - 2023
Albania 45.84 99 1980 - 2023
Namibia 36.13 100 1990 - 2023
Syria 30.03 101 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 25.56 102 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 24.95 103 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 21.62 104 1980 - 2023
Algeria 21.24 105 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 20.43 106 1992 - 2023
Portugal 14.44 107 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 13.34 108 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 10.33 109 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 9.94 110 1980 - 2023
Burundi 8.32 111 1980 - 2023
Laos 5.56 112 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 4.37 113 1992 - 2023
Niger 2.99 114 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 2.95 115 1980 - 2023
Cuba 2.71 116 1980 - 2023
Estonia 2.68 117 1992 - 2023
Comoros 2.26 118 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 2.13 119 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 2.03 120 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 1.87 121 1980 - 2023
Botswana 1.61 122 1980 - 2023
Iraq 1.34 123 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 1.15 124 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0.8 125 1980 - 2023
Colombia 0.79 126 1980 - 2023
Zambia 0.36 127 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0.33 128 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.32 129 1980 - 2023
Libya 0.29 130 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.25 131 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 0.22 132 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 0.19 133 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0.14 134 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.13 135 1992 - 2023
Cameroon 0.1 136 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 0.1 137 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0.07 138 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0.06 139 1980 - 2023
Angola 0.05 140 1980 - 2023
Sudan 0.04 141 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.02 142 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 0.02 143 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.02 144 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0.01 145 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 0.01 146 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 147 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0 148 1986 - 2023
Bahamas 0 149 1980 - 2023
Belize 0 150 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0 151 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 152 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 153 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 154 1980 - 2023
Chad 0 155 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0 156 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0 157 1994 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 158 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0 159 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0 160 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0 161 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 162 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0 163 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0 164 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 165 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0 166 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 167 1980 - 2023
Macao 0 168 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0 169 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0 170 1980 - 2023
Mali 0 171 1980 - 2023
Malta 0 172 1980 - 2023
Micronesia 0 173 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 0 174 2006 - 2023
Montserrat 0 175 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 0 176 1980 - 2023
North Korea 0 177 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 0 178 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 179 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0 180 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 181 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0 182 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 183 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 184 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0 185 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0 186 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0 187 1980 - 2023
Tuvalu 0 188 1980 - 2023
Uganda 0 189 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 190 1980 - 2023


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