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Leading countries based on hard coal production 2016

Leading hard coal producing countries worldwide in 2016 (in million metric tons)

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