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Coal production, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 53 countries was 5543.61 thousand short tons. The highest value was in South Africa: 269291.78 thousand short tons and the lowest value was in Algeria: 0 thousand short tons. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2022. 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
South Africa 269291.78 1 1980 - 2022
Mozambique 9936.85 2 1980 - 2022
Zimbabwe 3834.01 3 1980 - 2022
Nigeria 3354.33 4 1980 - 2022
Botswana 2903.14 5 1980 - 2022
Tanzania 2767.9 6 1980 - 2022
Zambia 915.49 7 1980 - 2022
Niger 503.48 8 1980 - 2022
Swaziland 241.13 9 1980 - 2022
Malawi 54.63 10 1980 - 2022
Ethiopia 8.82 11 1980 - 2022
Algeria 0 12 1980 - 2022
Angola 0 13 1980 - 2022
Benin 0 14 1980 - 2022
Burkina Faso 0 15 1980 - 2022
Burundi 0 16 1980 - 2022
Cameroon 0 17 1980 - 2022
Cape Verde 0 18 1980 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0 19 1980 - 2022
Chad 0 20 1980 - 2022
Comoros 0 21 1980 - 2022
DR Congo 0 22 1980 - 2022
Djibouti 0 23 1980 - 2022
Egypt 0 24 1980 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 0 25 1980 - 2022
Eritrea 0 26 1994 - 2022
Gabon 0 27 1980 - 2022
Gambia 0 28 1980 - 2022
Ghana 0 29 1980 - 2022
Guinea 0 30 1980 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0 31 1980 - 2022
Ivory Coast 0 32 1980 - 2022
Kenya 0 33 1980 - 2022
Lesotho 0 34 1980 - 2022
Liberia 0 35 1980 - 2022
Libya 0 36 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 0 37 1980 - 2022
Mali 0 38 1980 - 2022
Mauritania 0 39 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 0 40 1980 - 2022
Morocco 0 41 1980 - 2022
Namibia 0 42 1990 - 2022
R. of Congo 0 43 1980 - 2022
Rwanda 0 44 1980 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0 45 1980 - 2022
Senegal 0 46 1980 - 2022
Seychelles 0 47 1980 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0 48 1980 - 2022
Somalia 0 49 1980 - 2022
Sudan 0 50 1980 - 2022
Togo 0 51 1980 - 2022
Tunisia 0 52 1980 - 2022
Uganda 0 53 1980 - 2022



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

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