The data illustrates the leading ten countries based on hard coal production in 2016, measured in million metric tons. In that year, China was by far the leading hard coal producer worldwide, with over 3.1 billion metric tons of hard coal produced.
China | 3102.5 |
India | 662.6 |
United States | 594.4 |
Australia | 443.9 |
Indonesia | 396.2 |
Russia | 312 |
South Africa | 254 |
Kazakhstan | 92.6 |
Colombia | 90.5 |
Poland | 70.6 |