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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
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United States
Coal production: 984.6 million tonnes
Share of world total: 14.8
Global ranking: 2
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India
Coal production: 569.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 5.8 per cent
Global ranking: 3
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European Union
Coal production: 535.7 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.2 per cent
Global ranking: 4
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Australia
Coal production: 423.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 6.3 per cent
Global ranking: 5
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Russia
Coal production: 316.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.0 per cent
Global ranking: 6
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Indonesia
Coal production: 305.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.0 per cent
Global ranking: 7
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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
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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
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Colombia
Coal production: 74.4 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.0 per cent
Global ranking: 13
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Ukraine
Coal production: 73.3 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.0 per cent
Global ranking: 14
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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
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Czech Republic
Coal production: 50.6 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.7 per cent
Global ranking: 17
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Vietnam
Coal production: 44.1 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.6 per cent
Global ranking: 18
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Serbia
Coal production: 41.2 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.6 per cent
Global ranking: 19
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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
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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
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United Kingdom
Coal production: 18.2 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 25
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Thailand
Coal production: 17.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 26
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coal production: 12.1 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 27
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Mexico
Coal production: 9.3 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.1 per cent
Global ranking: 28
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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