Coal reserves - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal reserves, million short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 43 countries was 7749.6 million short tons. The highest value was in Russia: 178757.2 million short tons and the lowest value was in Austria: 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
Russia 178757.2 1 2008 - 2023
Germany 39021.77 2 2008 - 2023
Ukraine 37891.91 3 2008 - 2023
Poland 30597.92 4 2008 - 2023
Turkey 12097.85 5 2008 - 2023
Serbia 7839.63 6 2008 - 2023
Belgium 4519.47 7 2008 - 2023
Czechia 3962.8 8 2008 - 2023
Netherlands 3579.2 9 2008 - 2023
Greece 3170.24 10 2008 - 2023
Hungary 2902.38 11 2008 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 2495.63 12 2008 - 2023
Bulgaria 2396.42 13 2008 - 2023
Spain 1308.44 14 2008 - 2023
Italy 672.41 15 2008 - 2023
Albania 575.41 16 2008 - 2023
Montenegro 371.48 17 2008 - 2023
North Macedonia 365.97 18 2008 - 2023
Romania 320.77 19 2008 - 2023
France 176.37 20 2008 - 2023
Slovenia 104.72 21 2008 - 2023
Ireland 44.09 22 2008 - 2023
UK 28.66 23 2008 - 2023
Slovakia 20.94 24 2008 - 2023
Sweden 5.51 25 2008 - 2023
Portugal 3.31 26 2008 - 2023
Norway 2.2 27 2008 - 2023
Austria 0 28 2008 - 2023
Belarus 0 29 2008 - 2023
Croatia 0 30 2008 - 2023
Cyprus 0 31 2008 - 2023
Denmark 0 32 2008 - 2023
Estonia 0 33 2008 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 34 2008 - 2023
Finland 0 35 2008 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 36 2008 - 2023
Iceland 0 37 2008 - 2023
Latvia 0 38 2008 - 2023
Lithuania 0 39 2008 - 2023
Luxembourg 0 40 2008 - 2023
Malta 0 41 2008 - 2023
Moldova 0 42 2008 - 2023
Switzerland 0 43 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. Russia
2. Germany
3. Ukraine
4. Poland
5. Turkey
6. Serbia
7. Belgium
8. Czechia
9. Netherlands
10. Greece
11. Hungary
12. Bosnia & Herz.
13. Bulgaria
14. Spain
15. Italy
16. Albania
17. Montenegro
18. North Macedonia
19. Romania
20. France
21. Slovenia
22. Ireland
23. UK
24. Slovakia
25. Sweden
26. Portugal
27. Norway
28. Austria
29. Belarus
30. Croatia
31. Cyprus
32. Denmark
33. Estonia
34. Faroe Isl.
35. Finland
36. Gibraltar
37. Iceland
38. Latvia
39. Lithuania
40. Luxembourg
41. Malta
42. Moldova
43. Switzerland
178757.20
39021.77
37891.91
30597.92
12097.85
7839.63
4519.47
3962.80
3579.20
3170.24
2902.38
2495.63
2396.42
1308.44
672.41
575.41
371.48
365.97
320.77
176.37
104.72
44.09
28.66
20.94
5.51
3.31
2.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
44689.3
89378.6
134067.9
178757.2


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