Coal by country

Coal reserves in BTUs as of 2009

Coal output in 2005

This article includes lists representing proven reserves and production of coal by country. All data is taken from British Petroleum.

The reserve list specifies different types of coal and includes countries with at least 0.1% share of estimated world coal reserves.

The production list includes countries with coal production close to or larger than 1 million tonnes.

See also separate lists:

• List of countries by coal proven reserves
• List of countries by coal production

Proved recoverable coal reserves at end-2006 (million tonnes)[1]

Coal production in 2007 (million tonnes)[2]

Rank Country Bituminous & anthracite SubBituminous & lignite Total Share 1  USA 111,338 135,305 246,643 27.1 2  Russia 49,088 107,922 157,010 17.3 3  China 62,200 52,300 114,500 12.6 4  India 90,085 2,360 92,445 10.2 5  Australia 38,600 39,900 78,500 8.6 6  South Africa 48,750 0 48,750 5.4 7  Ukraine 16,274 17,879 34,153 3.8 8  Kazakhstan 28,151 3,128 31,279 3.4 9  Poland 14,000 0 14,000 1.5 10  Brazil 0 10,113 10,113 1.1 11  Germany 183 6,556 6,739 0.7 12  Colombia 6,230 381 6,611 0.7 13  Canada 3,471 3,107 6,578 0.7 14  Czech Republic 2,094 3,458 5,552 0.6 15  Indonesia 740 4,228 4,968 0.5 16  Turkey 278 3,908 4,186 0.5 17  Greece 0 3,900 3,900 0.4 18  Hungary 198 3,159 3,357 0.4 19  Pakistan 0 3,300 3,300 0.3 20  Bulgaria 4 2,183 2,187 0.2 21  Thailand 0 1,354 1,354 0.1 22  North Korea 300 300 600 0.1 23  New Zealand 33 538 571 0.1 24  Spain 200 330 530 0.1 25  Zimbabwe 502 0 502 0.1 26  Romania 22 472 494 0.1 27  Venezuela 479 0 479 0.1 TOTAL 478,771 430,293 909,064 100.0 Recent discoveries in the Thar region of Pakistan have given rise to a discovery of nearly 185 billion tonnes. [1]

Rank Country Production Share   World 6,395.6 100 1  China 2,536.7 39.7 2  USA 1,039.2 16.2  EU 590.5 9.2 3  India 478.2 7.5 4  Australia 393.9 6.2 5  Russia 314.2 4.9 6  South Africa 269.4 4.2 7  Germany 201.9 3.2 8  Indonesia 174.8 2.7 9  Poland 145.8 2.3 10  Kazakhstan 94.4 1.5 11  Turkey 76.6 1.2 12  Ukraine 76.3 1.2 13  Colombia 71.7 1.1 14  Canada 69.4 1.1 15  Czech Republic 62.6 1.0 16  Greece 62.5 1.0 17  Vietnam 41.2 0.6 18  Romania 35.4 0.6 19  Bulgaria 30.4 0.5 20  Thailand 18.3 0.3 21  Spain 18.2 0.3 22  United Kingdom 17.0 0.3 23  Mexico 12.2 0.2 24  Hungary 9.8 0.2 25  Venezuela 8.0 0.1 26  Brazil 5.9 0.1 27  New Zealand 4.6 0.1 28  Pakistan 3.6 0.1 28  Zimbabwe 3.3 29  South Korea 3.2 31  Japan 1.3 32  France 0.9

References

1. ^ "BP Statistical review of world energy June 2007" (XLS). British Petroleum. June 2007. http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2007/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/spreadsheets/statistical_review_full_report_workbook_2007.xls. Retrieved 2007-10-22. 
2. ^ "Statistical Review of World Energy 2008". British Petroleum. http://www.bp.com/productlanding.do?categoryId=6929&contentId=7044622.