Coal reserves - Country rankings

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Coal reserves, million short tons, 2017 - Country rankings:

The average for 2017 based on 190 countries was 6012.16 million short tons.The highest value was in the USA: 253455 million short tons and the lowest value was in Angola: 0 million short tons. The indicator is available from 2008 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million short tons; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration

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1. USA

2. Russia

3. Australia

4. China

5. India

6. Ukraine

7. Germany

8. South Africa

9. Poland

10. Kazakhstan

11. Indonesia

12. Turkey

13. New Zealand

14. Serbia

15. Brazil

16. Canada

17. Colombia

18. Czech Rep.

19. Vietnam

20. Pakistan

21. Hungary

22. Greece

23. Mongolia

24. Bulgaria

25. Bosnia & Herz.

26. Mozambique

27. Uzbekistan

28. Mexico

29. Iran

30. Spain

31. Chile

32. Thailand

33. Kyrgyzstan

34. Venezuela

35. North Korea

36. Albania

37. Laos

38. Zimbabwe

39. Argentina

40. Netherlands

41. Tajikistan

42. Slovenia

43. Nigeria

44. Macedonia

45. South Korea

46. Philippines

47. Japan

48. Bangladesh

49. Romania

50. Tanzania

51. Georgia

52. Malaysia

53. Armenia

54. Swaziland

55. Montenegro

56. Slovakia

57. Botswana

58. Peru

59. DR Congo

60. UK

61. Afghanistan

62. Algeria

63. Zambia

64. Portugal

65. Ecuador

66. Egypt

67. Ireland

68. Morocco

69. Italy

70. Burma

71. Niger

72. C.A. Republic

73. Malawi

74. N. Caledonia

75. Bolivia

76. Nepal

77. Norway

78. Sweden

79. Taiwan

80. Angola

81. Ant.& Barb.

82. Aruba

83. Austria

84. Azerbaijan

85. Bahamas

86. Bahrain

87. Barbados

88. Belarus

89. Belgium

90. Belize

91. Benin

92. Bermuda

93. Bhutan

94. Brunei

95. Burkina Faso

96. Burundi

97. Cambodia

98. Cameroon

99. Cape Verde

100. Chad

101. Comoros

102. Croatia

103. Cuba

104. Cyprus

105. Denmark

106. Djibouti

107. Dominica

108. Domin. Rep.

109. El Salvador

110. Eq. Guinea

111. Eritrea

112. Estonia

113. Ethiopia

114. Faroe Isl.

115. Fiji

116. Finland

117. France

118. Gabon

119. Gambia

120. Ghana

121. Gibraltar

122. Grenada

123. Guatemala

124. Guinea

125. G.-Bissau

126. Guyana

127. Haiti

128. Honduras

129. Hong Kong

130. Iceland

131. Iraq

132. Israel

133. Ivory Coast

134. Jamaica

135. Jordan

136. Kenya

137. Kiribati

138. Kuwait

139. Latvia

140. Lebanon

141. Lesotho

142. Liberia

143. Libya

144. Lithuania

145. Luxembourg

146. Macao

147. Madagascar

148. Maldives

149. Mali

150. Malta

151. Mauritania

152. Mauritius

153. Moldova

154. Montserrat

155. Namibia

156. Nicaragua

157. Oman

158. Panama

159. Papua N.G.

160. Paraguay

161. Puerto Rico

162. Qatar

163. R. of Congo

164. Rwanda

165. Saint Lucia

166. St. Vincent & ...

167. Samoa

168. S.T.&Principe

169. Saudi Arabia

170. Senegal

171. Seychelles

172. Sierra Leone

173. Singapore

174. Solomon Isl.

175. Somalia

176. Sri Lanka

177. Sudan

178. Suriname

179. Switzerland

180. Syria

181. Togo

182. Tonga

183. Tr.&Tobago

184. Tunisia

185. Turkmenistan

186. Uganda

187. UA Emirates

188. Uruguay

189. Vanuatu

190. Yemen

Definition: Proven reserves of coal in million short tons. A short ton equals exactly 2,000 pounds or 907.18 kilograms.

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