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Global coal production - in oil equivalent 1998-2017

Global coal production from 1998 to 2017 (in million metric tons oil equivalent)

The data describes the production output of coal mines worldwide from 1998 to 2017. In 2017, global coal production amounted to approx. 3.8 billion metric tons of oil equivalent. According to the source, the production data only includes solid fuels, i.e. bituminous coal and anthracite (hard coal), and lignite and brown (sub-bituminous) coal.

1998	2276
1999	2278
2000	2310.1
2001	2410.4
2002	2433.9
2003	2609.5
2004	2835.9
2005	3018.2
2006	3194.7
2007	3302.4
2008	3410.8
2009	3409.6
2010	3601.6
2011	3866.6
2012	3909.8
2013	3978.9
2014	3966.4
2015	3862.1
2016	3663.5
2017	3768.6

Global coal production - in oil equivalent 1998-2017

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