Coal production — all countries

Coal production — Low-income countries

Coal production in low-income countries in 2024 — 25.85 Mtoe. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 27.9%.

2024 25.85 Mtoe +26.81% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 29.74 Mtoe2017
Period minimum 15.09 Mtoe1998

Trend over time

1980–2024 · million tonnes of oil equivalent

Coal production — Low-income countries, 1980–20241520253019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 20.21 Mtoe1981: 21.04 Mtoe1982: 22.1 Mtoe1983: 22.39 Mtoe1984: 22.97 Mtoe1985: 18.19 Mtoe1986: 18.06 Mtoe1987: 17.96 Mtoe1988: 21.59 Mtoe1989: 16.75 Mtoe1990: 22.2 Mtoe1991: 23.18 Mtoe1992: 23.88 Mtoe1993: 21.9 Mtoe1994: 20.54 Mtoe1995: 19.15 Mtoe1996: 17.02 Mtoe1997: 16.69 Mtoe1998: 15.09 Mtoe1999: 17.01 Mtoe2000: 18.23 Mtoe2001: 18.71 Mtoe2002: 18.04 Mtoe2003: 18.61 Mtoe2004: 19.57 Mtoe2005: 21.38 Mtoe2006: 21.66 Mtoe2007: 18.9 Mtoe2008: 20.13 Mtoe2009: 15.84 Mtoe2010: 16.06 Mtoe2011: 17.05 Mtoe2012: 20.24 Mtoe2013: 24.68 Mtoe2014: 25.41 Mtoe2015: 25.32 Mtoe2016: 27.68 Mtoe2017: 29.74 Mtoe2018: 27.5 Mtoe2019: 26.24 Mtoe2020: 22.31 Mtoe2021: 21.86 Mtoe2022: 21.27 Mtoe2023: 20.39 Mtoe2024: 25.85 Mtoe
Change over the period: +5.65 (+27.94%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 25.85 Mtoe
World computed 4,576.01 Mtoe
Coal production — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mtoe Change Change, %
2024 25.85 +5.47 +26.81%
2023 20.39 −0.88 −4.13%
2022 21.27 −0.59 −2.7%
2021 21.86 −0.45 −2.03%
2020 22.31 −3.93 −14.97%
2019 26.24 −1.27 −4.61%
2018 27.5 −2.24 −7.52%
2017 29.74 +2.06 +7.44%
2016 27.68 +2.37 +9.34%
2015 25.32 −0.09 −0.37%
2014 25.41 +0.73 +2.97%
2013 24.68 +4.44 +21.95%
2012 20.24 +3.18 +18.66%
2011 17.05 +0.99 +6.18%
2010 16.06 +0.22 +1.41%
2009 15.84 −4.29 −21.31%
2008 20.13 +1.22 +6.48%
2007 18.9 −2.76 −12.75%
2006 21.66 +0.28 +1.32%
2005 21.38 +1.81 +9.26%
2004 19.57 +0.96 +5.16%
2003 18.61 +0.57 +3.17%
2002 18.04 −0.67 −3.6%
2001 18.71 +0.48 +2.64%
2000 18.23 +1.21 +7.14%
1999 17.01 +1.93 +12.76%
1998 15.09 −1.6 −9.57%
1997 16.69 −0.33 −1.95%
1996 17.02 −2.14 −11.15%
1995 19.15 −1.38 −6.74%
1994 20.54 −1.36 −6.23%
1993 21.9 −1.98 −8.31%
1992 23.88 +0.7 +3.04%
1991 23.18 +0.98 +4.42%
1990 22.2 +5.45 +32.57%
1989 16.75 −4.85 −22.45%
1988 21.59 +3.63 +20.23%
1987 17.96 −0.1 −0.56%
1986 18.06 −0.13 −0.71%
1985 18.19 −4.78 −20.81%
1984 22.97 +0.58 +2.59%
1983 22.39 +0.29 +1.31%
1982 22.1 +1.07 +5.07%
1981 21.04 +0.83 +4.1%
1980 20.21

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).