Coal reserves - Country rankings

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

The average for 2017 was 14459.64 million short tons.The highest value was in the USA: 253455 million short tons and the lowest value was in Bolivia: 1.1 million short tons. 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

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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