Coal production — all countries

Coal production — Afghanistan

Coal production in Afghanistan in 2024 — 0.59 Mtoe. Ranked 48 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 886.8%.

2024 0.59 Mtoe +53.4% vs 2023
World rank 48of 218
Period maximum 2.35 Mtoe2022
Period minimum 0 Mtoe1999

Trend over time

1980–2024 · million tonnes of oil equivalent

Coal production — Afghanistan, 1980–2024012319801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.06 Mtoe1981: 0.06 Mtoe1982: 0.07 Mtoe1983: 0.07 Mtoe1984: 0.07 Mtoe1985: 0.08 Mtoe1986: 0.08 Mtoe1987: 0.08 Mtoe1988: 0.07 Mtoe1989: 0.06 Mtoe1990: 0.05 Mtoe1991: 0.05 Mtoe1992: 0 Mtoe1993: 0 Mtoe1994: 0 Mtoe1995: 0 Mtoe1996: 0 Mtoe1997: 0 Mtoe1998: 0 Mtoe1999: 0 Mtoe2000: 0 Mtoe2001: 0.01 Mtoe2002: 0.01 Mtoe2003: 0.02 Mtoe2004: 0.02 Mtoe2005: 0.02 Mtoe2006: 0.02 Mtoe2007: 0.12 Mtoe2008: 0.17 Mtoe2009: 0.25 Mtoe2010: 0.37 Mtoe2011: 0.61 Mtoe2012: 0.87 Mtoe2013: 0.93 Mtoe2014: 1.2 Mtoe2015: 1.05 Mtoe2016: 1.16 Mtoe2017: 1.04 Mtoe2018: 1.43 Mtoe2019: 1.52 Mtoe2020: 0.89 Mtoe2021: 1.36 Mtoe2022: 2.35 Mtoe2023: 0.38 Mtoe2024: 0.59 Mtoe
Change over the period: +0.53 (+886.8%) Average annual rate: 5.34 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 0.59 Mtoe
World computed 4,576.01 Mtoe
South Asia computed 445.47 Mtoe
Southern Asia computed 446.79 Mtoe
Low-income countries computed 25.85 Mtoe
Coal production — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mtoe Change Change, %
2024 0.59 +0.2 +53.4%
2023 0.38 −1.97 −83.78%
2022 2.35 +0.99 +73.1%
2021 1.36 +0.47 +52.75%
2020 0.89 −0.63 −41.38%
2019 1.52 +0.09 +6.07%
2018 1.43 +0.39 +37.61%
2017 1.04 −0.12 −10.06%
2016 1.16 +0.11 +10.5%
2015 1.05 −0.15 −12.52%
2014 1.2 +0.27 +28.61%
2013 0.93 +0.06 +7.04%
2012 0.87 +0.26 +41.79%
2011 0.61 +0.24 +64.4%
2010 0.37 +0.12 +49.56%
2009 0.25 +0.08 +44.09%
2008 0.17 +0.05 +42.8%
2007 0.12 +0.1 +594.29%
2006 0.02 +0 +6.06%
2005 0.02 −0 −2.94%
2004 0.02 −0 −2.86%
2003 0.02 +0.01 +66.67%
2002 0.01 −0 −19.23%
2001 0.01 +0.01 +2,500%
2000 0 +0 +0%
1999 0 −0 −50%
1998 0 +0 +0%
1997 0 −0 −33.33%
1996 0 −0 −40%
1995 0 −0 −16.67%
1994 0 −0 −14.29%
1993 0 −0 −12.5%
1992 0 −0.04 −91.49%
1991 0.05 −0.01 −10.48%
1990 0.05 −0.01 −17.32%
1989 0.06 −0.01 −7.97%
1988 0.07 −0.01 −17.37%
1987 0.08 +0 +4.38%
1986 0.08 +0 +5.96%
1985 0.08 +0 +2.03%
1984 0.07 +0 +2.07%
1983 0.07 +0 +0%
1982 0.07 +0.01 +16%
1981 0.06 +0 +5.04%
1980 0.06

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Production of coal of all grades over the year, converted to millions of tonnes of oil equivalent. The conversion is needed because grades of coal differ in heat content by almost a factor of two: a tonne of anthracite and a tonne of lignite are different amounts of energy, and adding them up in tonnes overstates the contribution of countries that mine brown coal. World production is concentrated in a handful of countries: China accounts for about half, and together with India, Indonesia, the United States and Australia it makes up more than four-fifths.

Important: In oil equivalent rather than in tonnes: grades of coal differ in heat content by almost a factor of two, and a sum in tonnes would overstate brown coal production. All grades together, from anthracite to lignite.

Source: International Energy Statistics (EIA), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).