Coal reserves - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Coal reserves, million short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 18 countries was 104.35 million short tons. The highest value was in Iran: 1326.08 million short tons and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 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
Iran 1326.08 1 2008 - 2023
Algeria 245.82 2 2008 - 2023
Egypt 200.62 3 2008 - 2023
Morocco 105.82 4 2008 - 2023
Bahrain 0 5 2008 - 2023
Djibouti 0 6 2008 - 2023
Iraq 0 7 2008 - 2023
Jordan 0 8 2008 - 2023
Kuwait 0 9 2008 - 2023
Lebanon 0 10 2008 - 2023
Libya 0 11 2008 - 2023
Oman 0 12 2008 - 2023
Qatar 0 13 2008 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 14 2008 - 2023
Syria 0 15 2008 - 2023
Tunisia 0 16 2008 - 2023
UA Emirates 0 17 2008 - 2023
Yemen 0 18 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. Iran
2. Algeria
3. Egypt
4. Morocco
5. Bahrain
6. Djibouti
7. Iraq
8. Jordan
9. Kuwait
10. Lebanon
11. Libya
12. Oman
13. Qatar
14. Saudi Arabia
15. Syria
16. Tunisia
17. UA Emirates
18. Yemen
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245.82
200.62
105.82
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0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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994.6
1326.08


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