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Coal imports, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 18 countries was 1142.2 thousand short tons. The highest value was in Morocco: 12843.97 thousand short tons and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 0.07 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
Morocco 12843.97 1 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 3598.94 2 1980 - 2023
Egypt 3010.67 3 1980 - 2023
Jordan 326.78 4 1980 - 2023
Lebanon 216.31 5 1980 - 2023
Yemen 181.89 6 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 131.69 7 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 71.78 8 1980 - 2023
Iran 65.28 9 1980 - 2023
Oman 57.11 10 1980 - 2023
Syria 30.03 11 1980 - 2023
Algeria 21.24 12 1980 - 2023
Iraq 1.34 13 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 1.15 14 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0.8 15 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0.33 16 1980 - 2023
Libya 0.29 17 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0.07 18 1980 - 2023


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Definition: Amount of foreign coal shipped to the country.

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