List of countries by coal production

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This is a list of countries by coal production in 2011, based mostly on the Statistical Review of World Energy published in 2012 by British Petroleum,[1] ranking nations with coal production larger than 4 millions tonnes. Shares are based on data expressed in tonnes oil equivalent.

Rank Country/Region Coal production
(million tonnes)
share of
total (%)
 World 7,695.4 100
1 China China 3,520.0 49.5
2 United States United States 992.8 14.1
3 India India 588.5 5.6
European Union European Union 576.1 4.2
4 Australia Australia 415.5 5.8
5 Russia Russia 333.5 4.0
6 Indonesia Indonesia 324.9 5.1
7 South Africa South Africa 255.1 3.6
8 Germany Germany 188.6 1.1
9 Poland Poland 139.2 1.4
10 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 115.9 1.5
11 Ukraine Ukraine 86.8 1.1
12 Colombia Colombia 85.8 1.4
13 Turkey Turkey 77.2 0.4
14 Canada Canada 68.2 0.9
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 57.9 0.5
16 Greece Greece 57.5 0.2
17 Vietnam Vietnam 44.5 0.6
18 Serbia Serbia 39.1[2] 0.5
19 North Korea North Korea 37.5[2] 0.5
20 Bulgaria Bulgaria 37.1 0.2
21 Romania Romania 35.5 0.2
22 Mongolia Mongolia 30.0[2] 0.4
23 Thailand Thailand 21.4 0.2
24 Estonia Estonia 20.6[2] 0.3
25 United Kingdom United Kingdom 18.3 0.3
26 Mexico Mexico 15.7 0.2
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8[2] 0.2
28 Hungary Hungary 9.6 0.1
29 Venezuela Venezuela 8.7 0.2
30 Philippines Philippines 7.9[2] 0.1
31 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 7.8[2] 0.1
32 Spain Spain 6.6 0.1
33 Brazil Brazil 6.2 0.1
34 Slovenia Slovenia 5.0[2] 0.1
35 New Zealand New Zealand 4.9 0.1

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