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Coal reserves, million short tons, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 11 countries was 16821.45 million short tons. The highest value was in India: 140794.75 million short tons and the lowest value was in Brunei: 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
India 140794.75 1 2008 - 2023
Indonesia 38641.48 2 2008 - 2023
Vietnam 3434.8 3 2008 - 2023
Thailand 1171.76 4 2008 - 2023
Philippines 397.93 5 2008 - 2023
Burma 277.78 6 2008 - 2023
Malaysia 249.12 7 2008 - 2023
Laos 68.34 8 2008 - 2023
Brunei 0 9 2008 - 2023
Cambodia 0 10 2008 - 2023
Singapore 0 11 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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