Coal production — all countries

Coal production — Western Europe

Coal production in Western Europe in 2024 — 32.69 Mtoe. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 73.9%.

2024 32.69 Mtoe −10.09% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 124.94 Mtoe1991
Period minimum 9.89 Mtoe1990

Trend over time

1980–2024 · million tonnes of oil equivalent

Coal production — Western Europe, 1980–202405010015019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 18.8 Mtoe1981: 18.84 Mtoe1982: 18.6 Mtoe1983: 17.99 Mtoe1984: 17.69 Mtoe1985: 16.33 Mtoe1986: 15.6 Mtoe1987: 14.2 Mtoe1988: 11.36 Mtoe1989: 10.85 Mtoe1990: 9.89 Mtoe1991: 124.94 Mtoe1992: 114.83 Mtoe1993: 103.87 Mtoe1994: 94.88 Mtoe1995: 92.09 Mtoe1996: 86.49 Mtoe1997: 81.93 Mtoe1998: 74.39 Mtoe1999: 71.93 Mtoe2000: 67.67 Mtoe2001: 63.87 Mtoe2002: 63.96 Mtoe2003: 62.99 Mtoe2004: 62.56 Mtoe2005: 60.62 Mtoe2006: 57.21 Mtoe2007: 58.45 Mtoe2008: 53.66 Mtoe2009: 49.44 Mtoe2010: 48.71 Mtoe2011: 49.5 Mtoe2012: 50.52 Mtoe2013: 47.53 Mtoe2014: 46.73 Mtoe2015: 45.27 Mtoe2016: 41.82 Mtoe2017: 41.57 Mtoe2018: 39.65 Mtoe2019: 29.72 Mtoe2020: 24.3 Mtoe2021: 28.58 Mtoe2022: 43.59 Mtoe2023: 36.36 Mtoe2024: 32.69 Mtoe
Change over the period: +13.89 (+73.88%) Average annual rate: 1.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 32.69 Mtoe
World computed 4,576.01 Mtoe
Coal production — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mtoe Change Change, %
2024 32.69 −3.67 −10.09%
2023 36.36 −7.24 −16.6%
2022 43.59 +15.01 +52.53%
2021 28.58 +4.27 +17.58%
2020 24.3 −5.42 −18.23%
2019 29.72 −9.93 −25.04%
2018 39.65 −1.92 −4.63%
2017 41.57 −0.24 −0.58%
2016 41.82 −3.45 −7.62%
2015 45.27 −1.46 −3.13%
2014 46.73 −0.8 −1.68%
2013 47.53 −2.99 −5.91%
2012 50.52 +1.02 +2.06%
2011 49.5 +0.79 +1.61%
2010 48.71 −0.73 −1.49%
2009 49.44 −4.22 −7.86%
2008 53.66 −4.79 −8.2%
2007 58.45 +1.24 +2.18%
2006 57.21 −3.41 −5.63%
2005 60.62 −1.94 −3.1%
2004 62.56 −0.43 −0.69%
2003 62.99 −0.97 −1.51%
2002 63.96 +0.08 +0.13%
2001 63.87 −3.8 −5.61%
2000 67.67 −4.26 −5.92%
1999 71.93 −2.46 −3.31%
1998 74.39 −7.54 −9.21%
1997 81.93 −4.55 −5.27%
1996 86.49 −5.61 −6.09%
1995 92.09 −2.79 −2.94%
1994 94.88 −8.99 −8.66%
1993 103.87 −10.96 −9.55%
1992 114.83 −10.11 −8.09%
1991 124.94 +115.05 +1,163.15%
1990 9.89 −0.96 −8.81%
1989 10.85 −0.52 −4.56%
1988 11.36 −2.84 −19.98%
1987 14.2 −1.4 −8.95%
1986 15.6 −0.74 −4.5%
1985 16.33 −1.36 −7.67%
1984 17.69 −0.29 −1.63%
1983 17.99 −0.61 −3.3%
1982 18.6 −0.24 −1.28%
1981 18.84 +0.04 +0.21%
1980 18.8

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).