Coal production — all countries

Coal production — Latin America & Caribbean

Coal production in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 46.58 Mtoe. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 368.6%.

2024 46.58 Mtoe +15.03% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 73.05 Mtoe2016
Period minimum 9.94 Mtoe1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · million tonnes of oil equivalent

Coal production — Latin America & Caribbean, 1980–202402040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 9.94 Mtoe1981: 10.24 Mtoe1982: 11.06 Mtoe1983: 12.27 Mtoe1984: 13.93 Mtoe1985: 15.3 Mtoe1986: 16.21 Mtoe1987: 18.14 Mtoe1988: 19.33 Mtoe1989: 22.24 Mtoe1990: 23.31 Mtoe1991: 22.55 Mtoe1992: 23.14 Mtoe1993: 23.79 Mtoe1994: 26.55 Mtoe1995: 28.18 Mtoe1996: 30.46 Mtoe1997: 33.8 Mtoe1998: 36.3 Mtoe1999: 34.84 Mtoe2000: 39.9 Mtoe2001: 42.33 Mtoe2002: 41.67 Mtoe2003: 46.96 Mtoe2004: 50.48 Mtoe2005: 53.36 Mtoe2006: 58.09 Mtoe2007: 58 Mtoe2008: 61.39 Mtoe2009: 59.13 Mtoe2010: 62.94 Mtoe2011: 72.63 Mtoe2012: 70.65 Mtoe2013: 69.88 Mtoe2014: 71.95 Mtoe2015: 68.76 Mtoe2016: 73.05 Mtoe2017: 72.11 Mtoe2018: 67.74 Mtoe2019: 66.93 Mtoe2020: 44.01 Mtoe2021: 46.98 Mtoe2022: 45.39 Mtoe2023: 40.49 Mtoe2024: 46.58 Mtoe
Change over the period: +36.64 (+368.59%) Average annual rate: 3.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 46.58 Mtoe
World computed 4,576.01 Mtoe
Coal production — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mtoe Change Change, %
2024 46.58 +6.09 +15.03%
2023 40.49 −4.9 −10.8%
2022 45.39 −1.59 −3.38%
2021 46.98 +2.97 +6.74%
2020 44.01 −22.92 −34.25%
2019 66.93 −0.8 −1.19%
2018 67.74 −4.38 −6.07%
2017 72.11 −0.93 −1.28%
2016 73.05 +4.29 +6.24%
2015 68.76 −3.19 −4.44%
2014 71.95 +2.07 +2.96%
2013 69.88 −0.77 −1.09%
2012 70.65 −1.98 −2.72%
2011 72.63 +9.69 +15.39%
2010 62.94 +3.81 +6.44%
2009 59.13 −2.25 −3.67%
2008 61.39 +3.38 +5.83%
2007 58 −0.08 −0.15%
2006 58.09 +4.73 +8.86%
2005 53.36 +2.88 +5.71%
2004 50.48 +3.52 +7.5%
2003 46.96 +5.29 +12.7%
2002 41.67 −0.66 −1.57%
2001 42.33 +2.44 +6.1%
2000 39.9 +5.06 +14.51%
1999 34.84 −1.47 −4.04%
1998 36.3 +2.5 +7.4%
1997 33.8 +3.35 +10.99%
1996 30.46 +2.28 +8.09%
1995 28.18 +1.62 +6.11%
1994 26.55 +2.76 +11.62%
1993 23.79 +0.65 +2.82%
1992 23.14 +0.59 +2.62%
1991 22.55 −0.76 −3.27%
1990 23.31 +1.06 +4.78%
1989 22.24 +2.92 +15.11%
1988 19.33 +1.19 +6.56%
1987 18.14 +1.93 +11.88%
1986 16.21 +0.91 +5.92%
1985 15.3 +1.37 +9.82%
1984 13.93 +1.67 +13.58%
1983 12.27 +1.21 +10.92%
1982 11.06 +0.82 +8.05%
1981 10.24 +0.3 +2.98%
1980 9.94

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).