* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal production, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 48451.15 thousand short tons. The highest value was in China: 4577545.5 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 production, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 4577545.5 1 1980 - 2023
India 951525 2 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 764377.44 3 1980 - 2023
USA 593608.25 4 1980 - 2023
Australia 510991.19 5 1980 - 2023
Russia 508541.28 6 1992 - 2023
South Africa 269291.78 7 1980 - 2023
Germany 144183.25 8 1991 - 2023
Kazakhstan 126698.15 9 1992 - 2023
Poland 119269.02 10 1980 - 2023
Turkey 92545.98 11 1980 - 2023
Colombia 63631.5 12 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 48076.01 13 1980 - 2023
Canada 45352.31 14 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 39149.66 15 1980 - 2023
Serbia 38723.46 16 2006 - 2023
Czechia 38659.44 17 1993 - 2023
Mongolia 32749.78 18 1980 - 2023
North Korea 23866.11 19 1980 - 2023
Romania 20017.95 20 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 18739.27 21 1992 - 2023
Laos 16363.79 22 1980 - 2023
Philippines 15964.76 23 1980 - 2023
Greece 15105.09 24 1980 - 2023
Thailand 15037.71 25 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 14651.9 26 1992 - 2023
Pakistan 14012.42 27 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 9936.85 28 1980 - 2023
Brazil 6834.85 29 1980 - 2023
Mexico 6491.5 30 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 5904.19 31 1992 - 2023
North Macedonia 5594.26 32 1992 - 2023
Hungary 5432.18 33 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 5384.99 34 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 4112.72 35 1980 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 4008.66 36 1992 - 2023
Zimbabwe 3834.01 37 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 3354.33 38 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 2907.32 39 1980 - 2023
Botswana 2903.14 40 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 2767.9 41 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 2599.22 42 1992 - 2023
Tajikistan 2397.52 43 1992 - 2023
Montenegro 1911.96 44 2006 - 2023
Iran 1814.4 45 1980 - 2023
Burma 1397.73 46 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 959.01 47 1993 - 2023
Zambia 915.49 48 1980 - 2023
South Korea 903.89 49 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 831.14 50 1980 - 2023
Japan 750.53 51 1980 - 2023
UK 717.54 52 1980 - 2023
Niger 503.48 53 1980 - 2023
Albania 417.25 54 1980 - 2023
Georgia 282.31 55 1992 - 2023
Swaziland 241.13 56 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 217.16 57 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 195.54 58 1980 - 2023
Peru 168.65 59 1980 - 2023
Norway 128.97 60 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 124.56 61 1980 - 2023
Malawi 54.63 62 1980 - 2023
Nepal 16.53 63 1980 - 2023
Chile 16.48 64 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 8.82 65 1980 - 2023
Armenia 0.07 66 1992 - 2023
Algeria 0 67 1980 - 2023
Angola 0 68 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 69 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0 70 1986 - 2023
Austria 0 71 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0 72 1992 - 2023
Bahamas 0 73 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0 74 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0 75 1980 - 2023
Belarus 0 76 1992 - 2023
Belgium 0 77 1980 - 2023
Belize 0 78 1980 - 2023
Benin 0 79 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0 80 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 0 81 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0 82 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 83 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0 84 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0 85 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 86 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 87 1980 - 2023
Chad 0 88 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0 89 1980 - 2023
Croatia 0 90 1992 - 2023
Cuba 0 91 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 0 92 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 0 93 1980 - 2023
Denmark 0 94 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0 95 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0 96 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0 97 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 0 98 1980 - 2023
Egypt 0 99 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 0 100 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 101 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0 102 1994 - 2023
Estonia 0 103 1992 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 104 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0 105 1980 - 2023
Finland 0 106 1980 - 2023
France 0 107 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0 108 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0 109 1980 - 2023
Ghana 0 110 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 111 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0 112 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 0 113 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0 114 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 115 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0 116 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0 117 1980 - 2023
Honduras 0 118 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 119 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0 120 1980 - 2023
Iraq 0 121 1980 - 2023
Ireland 0 122 1980 - 2023
Israel 0 123 1980 - 2023
Italy 0 124 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 125 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 0 126 1980 - 2023
Jordan 0 127 1980 - 2023
Kenya 0 128 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 129 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 0 130 1980 - 2023
Latvia 0 131 1992 - 2023
Lebanon 0 132 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0 133 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0 134 1980 - 2023
Libya 0 135 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 0 136 1992 - 2023
Luxembourg 0 137 1980 - 2023
Macao 0 138 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0 139 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0 140 1980 - 2023
Mali 0 141 1980 - 2023
Malta 0 142 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0 143 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 0 144 1980 - 2023
Micronesia 0 145 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0 146 1992 - 2023
Montserrat 0 147 1980 - 2023
Morocco 0 148 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0 149 1990 - 2023
Netherlands 0 150 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0 151 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 0 152 1980 - 2023
Oman 0 153 1980 - 2023
Panama 0 154 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0 155 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 0 156 1980 - 2023
Portugal 0 157 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0 158 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0 159 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 160 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0 161 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0 162 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0 163 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 164 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 165 1980 - 2023
Senegal 0 166 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0 167 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 168 1980 - 2023
Singapore 0 169 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 170 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0 171 1980 - 2023
Spain 0 172 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0 173 1980 - 2023
Sudan 0 174 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0 175 1980 - 2023
Sweden 0 176 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 0 177 1980 - 2023
Syria 0 178 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 0 179 1980 - 2023
Togo 0 180 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0 181 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0 182 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0 183 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 184 1992 - 2023
Tuvalu 0 185 1980 - 2023
Uganda 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


New - World map: Coal production




Definition: Total primary coal production (Coal includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and oil shale.)

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510991.19
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