Coal production by region
This is a list of countries by coal production ranking countries with coal production larger than 5 million tonnes as of 2023.
Coal production (million tonnes)
| Country
|
2023[1]
|
2022[2]
|
2021[2]
|
2020[2]
|
2019[2]
|
2018[3]
|
2017[4]
|
2016[5]
|
2015[6] |
2014[7]
|
2013[5]
|
2007[8]
|
 China
|
4,362.1
|
4,152.7
|
4,126.0
|
3,901.6
|
3,846.3
|
3,697.7 |
3,523.2 |
3,411.0 |
3,747.0 |
3,874.0 |
3,974.3
|
2,536.7
|
 India
|
968.8
|
863.2
|
766.5
|
719.8
|
730.3
|
715.4 |
671.0 |
653.2 |
631.7 |
598.3 |
563.4
|
482.2
|
 Indonesia
|
781.3
|
693.4
|
614.0
|
563.7
|
616.2
|
557.8 |
461.0 |
434.0 |
392.0 |
458.0 |
474.6
|
174.8
|
 United States
|
524.0
|
538.5
|
523.8
|
485.7
|
640.8
|
686.0 |
702.3 |
660.6 |
812.8 |
906.9 |
893.4
|
1,039.2
|
 Russia
|
479.9
|
461.3
|
435.3
|
401.4
|
437.0
|
441.6 |
411.2 |
385.4 |
373.3 |
357.6 |
355.2
|
314.2
|
 Australia
|
442.9
|
463.6
|
467.1
|
499.8
|
511.7
|
502.0 |
481.3 |
492.8 |
484.5 |
503.2 |
472.8
|
393.9
|
 South Africa
|
238.0
|
244.3
|
235.7
|
247.1
|
257.9
|
250.0 |
252.3 |
251.2 |
252.1 |
260.5 |
256.3
|
269.4
|
 Kazakhstan
|
117.7
|
114.9
|
83.8
|
96.1
|
97.5
|
100.5 |
101.4 |
103.1 |
107.3 |
114.0 |
119.6
|
97.8
|
 Germany
|
102.3
|
130.8
|
126.3
|
107.4
|
131.3
|
168.8 |
175.1 |
176.1 |
183.3 |
185.8 |
190.6
|
201.9
|
 Poland
|
88.7
|
108.2
|
107.4
|
100.4
|
112.0
|
122.4 |
127.1 |
131.1 |
135.5 |
137.1 |
142.9
|
145.8
|
 Turkey
|
78.5
|
84.0
|
85.6
|
74.7
|
87.1
|
83.9 |
99.8 |
70.6 |
58.4 |
65.2 |
60.4
|
76.6
|
 Mongolia
|
64.7
|
29.7
|
25.3
|
35.1
|
43.1
|
43.2 |
39.9 |
33.5 |
23.6 |
19.1 |
17.2
|
4.8
|
 Colombia
|
49.4
|
57.7
|
60.8
|
53.8
|
87.5
|
86.5 |
92.4 |
92.2 |
87.1 |
90.1 |
87.1
|
63.8
|
 Canada
|
48.6
|
41.1
|
47.5
|
45.3
|
53.2
|
55.0 |
59.5 |
60.3 |
60.7 |
68.8 |
68.4
|
69.4
|
 Vietnam
|
47.4
|
43.6
|
47.8
|
43.9
|
45.7
|
42.4 |
38.1 |
39.4 |
41.5 |
41.2 |
41.1
|
41.2
|
 Serbia
|
33.2
|
35.1
|
36.4
|
39.7
|
38.9
|
37.7 |
40.0 |
38.4 |
38.1 |
29.8 |
40.3
|
37.7
|
 Czech Republic
|
30.0
|
35.1
|
31.5
|
31.6
|
40.9
|
43.8 |
44.9 |
46.0 |
46.2 |
46.9 |
49.0
|
62.6
|
 North Korea
|
21.9
|
21.7
|
21.0
|
25.6
|
27.2
|
24.3 |
29.1 |
33.1 |
30.2 |
31.0 |
30.4
|
30.3
|
 Bulgaria
|
21.0
|
35.5
|
28.3
|
22.3
|
28.0
|
30.9 |
34.5 |
31.5 |
35.9 |
31.3 |
28.6
|
30.4
|
 Laos
|
16.6
|
14.8
|
14.3
|
14.7
|
15.4
|
17.7
|
14.9
|
14.6
|
5.3
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
0.5
|
 Ukraine
|
16.4
|
17.0
|
24.9
|
24.4
|
26.1
|
26.8 |
34.2 |
41.8 |
38.5 |
60.9 |
84.8
|
76.3
|
 Romania
|
14.8
|
18.2
|
17.7
|
15.0
|
21.7
|
23.7 |
25.7 |
23.2 |
25.5 |
23.6 |
24.7
|
35.4
|
 Philippines
|
14.5
|
14.5
|
14.4
|
13.3
|
15.3
|
14.4 |
13.1 |
12.3 |
7.8 |
10.5 |
7.8
|
3.4
|
 Pakistan
|
13.8
|
12.7
|
8.4
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
4.4 |
4.0 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
3.0
|
3.6
|
 Thailand
|
12.8
|
13.6
|
14.2
|
13.3
|
14.1
|
14.9 |
16.3 |
17.0 |
15.2 |
18.0 |
18.1
|
18.3
|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
11.7
|
13.3
|
6.7
|
6.2
|
6.6
|
7.0 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
6.0 |
6.2 |
6.2
|
6.1
|
 Mozambique
|
10.6
|
9.0
|
10.6
|
7.4
|
10.9
|
17.5 |
16.6 |
7.8 |
7.2 |
15.8 |
6.7
|
0
|
 Greece
|
10.5
|
13.7
|
12.1
|
14.1
|
27.4
|
36.5 |
37.8 |
33.1 |
47.7 |
49.3 |
53.9
|
62.5
|
 Kosovo
|
6.9
|
9.1
|
8.5
|
8.4
|
8.1
|
8.5 |
8.4 |
9.7 |
9.1 |
7.9 |
9.1
|
|
 Brazil
|
6.6
|
6.2
|
6.7
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
6.4 |
7.0 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
8.6
|
5.9
|
 Uzbekistan
|
6.4
|
5.4
|
5.1
|
4.1
|
4.0
|
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
4.4 |
4.1
|
3.4
|
 Mexico
|
5.7
|
5.9
|
6.0
|
8.8
|
8.9
|
10.9 |
11.8 |
12.6 |
10.7 |
15.4 |
15.2
|
18.3
|
| World
|
8,694.9
|
8,360.4
|
8,065.3
|
7,687.1
|
8,059.1
|
7,922.7 |
7,628.8 |
7,418.7 |
7,899.5 |
8,083.6 |
8,155.4 |
6,654.6
|
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