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Coal Information
A comprehensive review of historical and current market trends in the world coal sector
Overview
Coal Information contains time series of coal data for 38 OECD countries and other selected economies from 1960. Country aggregates for OECD Total, OECD Americas, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Europe and IEA are also included. Statistics are available for detailed supply/demand balances, end-use consumption, trade by origin and destination as well as for calorific values. World supply data is also available.
Coal statistics, OECD and selected countries
Full supply and consumption data of coal and other products such as primary energy supply, transformation sector, energy sector and final consumption for 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD selected countries and 7 aggregates. Products: anthracite, coking coal, other bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite, patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coal tar, BKB, gas works gas, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, other recovered gases, peat, peat products and oil shale and oil sands. The aggregates hard coal, brown coal and steam coal are also included. Units: kilotons for solid fuels and TJ for gases (GCV based).
Coal imports and exports, OECD and selected countries
Import and export data by country of origin for OECD member states and selected countries from 1978 to 2023. Products: anthracite, coking coal, other bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite, patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coal tar, BKB, gas works gas, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, other recovered gases, peat, and peat products. The aggregates hard coal, brown coal and steam coal are also included. Unit: kilotons
Coal balances, OECD and selected countries
This table provides full energy balance data of coal and other products such as primary energy supply, transformation sector and final consumption. Products: anthracite, coking coal, other bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite, patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coal tar, BKB, gas works gas, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, other recovered gases, peat, peat products and oil shale and oil sands. The aggregates hard coal, brown coal and steam coal are also included. Units: kilotons of coal equivalent (7,000 Gigacalories), kilotons of oil equivalent (10,000 Gigacalories), Terajoules and Teracalories. Electricity and Heat output flows are in Gigawatt-hour and Terajoules, respectively. ZIP files contain data in fixed-width TXT format.
Coal net calorific values, OECD and selected countries
This table provides calorific values for select flows of different types of coal and coal products for OECD member states and selected countries. Products: anthracite, coking coal, other bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite, patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coal tar, BKB, gas works gas, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, other recovered gases, peat, peat products and oil shale and oil sands. The aggregates hard coal, brown coal and steam coal are also included. Unit: Megajoules per tonne
World coal supply
This database includes supply statistics from 1960 to 2023 for OECD and non-OECD countries. Many regional aggregates are also provided e.g. World, OECD (and regions within), non-OECD (and regions with-in) as well as other relevant groups. Products: anthracite, coking coal, other bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite, patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coal tar, BKB, gas works gas, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, other recovered gases, peat, peat products and oil shale and oil sands. The aggregates hard coal, brown coal and steam coal are also included. Flows: indigenous production (and from other sources), imports, exports, primary energy supply and stock change. Units: kilotons for solid fuels and TJ for gases (GCV based)
Schedule
The service is updated twice a year: in April with complete data up to year-2 and in July with additional provisional supply data for OECD countries for the year-1.
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25/07/2024
Latest
July 2024 edition
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29/04/2021
Past
April 2021 edition
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29/07/2021
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July 2021 edition
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20/05/2022
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May 2022 edition
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27/07/2022
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July 2022 edition
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18/04/2023
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April 2023 edition
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26/07/2023
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July 2023 edition
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16/04/2024
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April 2024 edition
Documentation
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Coal
Coal is both the largest source of electricity generation and the largest single source of CO2 emissions, creating a unique challenge in transitioning to low-carbon energy systems.