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The world is moving away from coal production, mainly due to environmental worries, but it still forms a big part of power generation.
Let's take a look at major producers of coal across the world.
NOTE: This is a list of countries by coal production in 2010, based mostly on the Statistical Review of World Energy published in 2011 by BP, ranking nations with coal production larger than five millions tonnes.
China
Coal production: 3,240.0 million tonnes
Share of world total: 48.3 per cent
Global ranking: 1
Major coal producing countries in the world
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United States
Coal production: 984.6 million tonnes
Share of world total: 14.8
Global ranking: 2
Major coal producing countries in the world
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India
Coal production: 569.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 5.8 per cent
Global ranking: 3
Major coal producing countries in the world
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European Union
Coal production: 535.7 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.2 per cent
Global ranking: 4
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Australia
Coal production: 423.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 6.3 per cent
Global ranking: 5
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Russia
Coal production: 316.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.0 per cent
Global ranking: 6
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Indonesia
Coal production: 305.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.0 per cent
Global ranking: 7
Major coal producing countries in the world
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South Africa
Coal production: 253.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 3.8 per cent
Global ranking: 8
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Germany
Coal production: 182.3 million tonnes
Share of world total: 2.5 per cent
Global ranking: 9
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Poland
Coal production: 133.2 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.8 per cent
Global ranking: 10
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Kazakhstan
Coal production: 110.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.5 per cent
Global ranking: 11
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Turkey
Coal production: 85.3 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.2 per cent
Global ranking: 12
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Colombia
Coal production: 74.4 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.0 per cent
Global ranking: 13
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Ukraine
Coal production: 73.3 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.0 per cent
Global ranking: 14
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Greece
Coal production: 68.5 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.9 per cent
Global ranking: 15
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Canada
Coal production: 67.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.9 per cent
Global ranking: 16
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Czech Republic
Coal production: 50.6 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.7 per cent
Global ranking: 17
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Vietnam
Coal production: 44.1 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.6 per cent
Global ranking: 18
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Serbia
Coal production: 41.2 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.6 per cent
Global ranking: 19
Major coal producing countries in the world
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North Korea
Coal production: 34.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.5 per cent
Global ranking: 20
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Romania
Coal production: 30.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.4 per cent
Global ranking: 21
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Bulgaria
Coal production: 28.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.4 per cent
Global ranking: 22
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Mongolia
Coal production: 27.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.4 per cent
Global ranking: 23
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Estonia
Coal production: 19.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.3 per cent
Global ranking: 24
Major coal producing countries in the world
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United Kingdom
Coal production: 18.2 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 25
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Thailand
Coal production: 17.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 26
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coal production: 12.1 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 27
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Mexico
Coal production: 9.3 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.1 per cent
Global ranking: 28
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Hungary
Coal production: 9.1 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.1 per cent
Global ranking: 29
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Macedonia
Coal production: 7.5 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.1 per cent
Global ranking: 30
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