Coal reserves - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal reserves, million short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 10 countries was 17220.73 million short tons. The highest value was in Australia: 164764.48 million short tons and the lowest value was in Fiji: 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
Australia 164764.48 1 2008 - 2023
New Zealand 7440.59 2 2008 - 2023
N. Caledonia 2.2 3 2008 - 2023
Fiji 0 4 2008 - 2023
Kiribati 0 5 2008 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0 6 2008 - 2023
Samoa 0 7 2008 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 8 2008 - 2023
Tonga 0 9 2008 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 10 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. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. N. Caledonia
4. Fiji
5. Kiribati
6. Papua N.G.
7. Samoa
8. Solomon Isl.
9. Tonga
10. Vanuatu
164764.48
7440.59
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0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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