While climate concerns and efforts to decarbonise the global energy system have diminished coal’s stature in recent years, it nevertheless remains the biggest source of the world’s electricity generation – accounting for 38% of the overall share in 2019, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global production in 2019 topped 7.9 billion tonnes, with China, India and the US among the world’s top coal-producing countries. The world’s largest coal reserves are concentrated mainly in five countries, which have been able to exploit this natural asset for their own industrial development.Īccording to figures published in the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020, there are more than one trillion tonnes of proven coal resources worldwide.
The world's entire proven coal reserves were estimated at more than one trillion tonnes in 2019, with just a few countries holding the largest depositsĬoal has fuelled industrialisation around the world, but is now being phased out amid climate concerns
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