* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal production, thousand short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 137918.31 thousand short tons. The highest value was in China: 4577545.5 thousand short tons and the lowest value was in Azerbaijan: 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
China 4577545.5 1 1980 - 2022
India 857817.63 2 1980 - 2022
Indonesia 726816.88 3 1980 - 2022
Kazakhstan 127438.13 4 1992 - 2022
Vietnam 48076.01 5 1980 - 2022
Mongolia 31097.08 6 1980 - 2022
North Korea 23866.11 7 1980 - 2022
Laos 16363.79 8 1980 - 2022
Philippines 15964.76 9 1980 - 2022
Thailand 15037.71 10 1980 - 2022
Pakistan 14012.42 11 1980 - 2022
Uzbekistan 5904.19 12 1992 - 2022
Afghanistan 5384.99 13 1980 - 2022
Malaysia 4112.72 14 1980 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 4008.66 15 1992 - 2022
Tajikistan 2397.52 16 1992 - 2022
Iran 1814.4 17 1980 - 2022
Burma 1397.73 18 1980 - 2022
South Korea 903.89 19 1980 - 2022
Bangladesh 831.14 20 1980 - 2022
Japan 750.53 21 1980 - 2022
Georgia 282.31 22 1992 - 2022
Bhutan 195.54 23 1980 - 2022
Cambodia 124.56 24 1980 - 2022
Nepal 16.53 25 1980 - 2022
Armenia 0.07 26 1992 - 2022
Azerbaijan 0 27 1992 - 2022
Bahrain 0 28 1980 - 2022
Brunei 0 29 1980 - 2022
Hong Kong 0 30 1980 - 2022
Iraq 0 31 1980 - 2022
Israel 0 32 1980 - 2022
Jordan 0 33 1980 - 2022
Kuwait 0 34 1980 - 2022
Lebanon 0 35 1982 - 2022
Macao 0 36 1980 - 2022
Maldives 0 37 1980 - 2022
Oman 0 38 1980 - 2022
Qatar 0 39 1980 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 0 40 1980 - 2022
Singapore 0 41 1980 - 2022
Sri Lanka 0 42 1980 - 2022
Syria 0 43 1980 - 2022
Taiwan 0 44 1980 - 2022
Turkmenistan 0 45 1992 - 2022
UA Emirates 0 46 1980 - 2022
Yemen 0 47 1980 - 2022



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

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