Coal reserves - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal reserves, million short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 53 countries was 554.77 million short tons. The highest value was in South Africa: 10905.15 million short tons and the lowest value was in Angola: 0 million short tons. The indicator is available from 2008 to 2023. 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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Countries Coal reserves, 2022 Global rank Available data
South Africa 10905.15 1 2008 - 2023
Swaziland 5119.13 2 2008 - 2023
Nigeria 2363.35 3 2008 - 2023
Mozambique 1975.34 4 2008 - 2023
Botswana 1829.83 5 2008 - 2023
Tanzania 1554.26 6 2008 - 2023
DR Congo 1089.08 7 2008 - 2023
Zambia 1041.68 8 2008 - 2023
Malawi 884.05 9 2008 - 2023
Uganda 881.85 10 2008 - 2023
Zimbabwe 553.36 11 2008 - 2023
Namibia 385.81 12 2008 - 2023
Algeria 245.82 13 2008 - 2023
Egypt 200.62 14 2008 - 2023
Madagascar 165.35 15 2008 - 2023
Morocco 105.82 16 2008 - 2023
Niger 99.21 17 2008 - 2023
C.A. Republic 3.31 18 2008 - 2023
Angola 0 19 2008 - 2023
Benin 0 20 2008 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 21 2008 - 2023
Burundi 0 22 2008 - 2023
Cameroon 0 23 2008 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 24 2008 - 2023
Chad 0 25 2008 - 2023
Comoros 0 26 2008 - 2023
Djibouti 0 27 2008 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 28 2008 - 2023
Eritrea 0 29 2008 - 2023
Ethiopia 0 30 2008 - 2023
Gabon 0 31 2008 - 2023
Gambia 0 32 2008 - 2023
Ghana 0 33 2008 - 2023
Guinea 0 34 2008 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 35 2008 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 36 2008 - 2023
Kenya 0 37 2008 - 2023
Lesotho 0 38 2008 - 2023
Liberia 0 39 2008 - 2023
Libya 0 40 2008 - 2023
Mali 0 41 2008 - 2023
Mauritania 0 42 2008 - 2023
Mauritius 0 43 2008 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 44 2008 - 2023
Rwanda 0 45 2008 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 46 2008 - 2023
Senegal 0 47 2008 - 2023
Seychelles 0 48 2008 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 49 2008 - 2023
Somalia 0 50 2008 - 2023
Sudan 0 51 2008 - 2023
Togo 0 52 2008 - 2023
Tunisia 0 53 2008 - 2023


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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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1. South Africa
2. Swaziland
3. Nigeria
4. Mozambique
5. Botswana
6. Tanzania
7. DR Congo
8. Zambia
9. Malawi
10. Uganda
11. Zimbabwe
12. Namibia
13. Algeria
14. Egypt
15. Madagascar
16. Morocco
17. Niger
18. C.A. Republic
19. Angola
20. Benin
21. Burkina Faso
22. Burundi
23. Cameroon
24. Cape Verde
25. Chad
26. Comoros
27. Djibouti
28. Eq. Guinea
29. Eritrea
30. Ethiopia
31. Gabon
32. Gambia
33. Ghana
34. Guinea
35. G.-Bissau
36. Ivory Coast
37. Kenya
38. Lesotho
39. Liberia
40. Libya
41. Mali
42. Mauritania
43. Mauritius
44. R. of Congo
45. Rwanda
46. S.T.&Principe
47. Senegal
48. Seychelles
49. Sierra Leone
50. Somalia
51. Sudan
52. Togo
53. Tunisia
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