Coal Production
Africa Ranking
thousand short tonsSource: IMF
Definition of Coal Production
Total primary coal production (Coal includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and oil shale.)
| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 271728.16 | 2020 | 1 | 284234.5 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 7991.26 | 2020 | 2 | 15314.79 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 4033.21 | 2020 | 3 | 3391.13 |
| 4 | Botswana | 2067.93 | 2020 | 4 | 2326.86 |
| 5 | Zambia | 1230.43 | 2020 | 5 | 1098.34 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 784.84 | 2020 | 6 | 784.99 |
| 7 | Niger | 247.25 | 2020 | 7 | 249.12 |
| 8 | Swaziland | 119.16 | 2020 | 8 | 121.14 |
| 9 ↑ | Malawi | 52.38 | 2020 | 10 | 51.96 |
| 10 ↓ | Nigeria | 48.7 | 2020 | 9 | 60.2 |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Kenya | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Liberia | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Libya | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Morocco | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Madagascar | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Mali | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Mauritius | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Namibia | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Rwanda | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Sudan | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Senegal | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Somalia | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Seychelles | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Chad | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Burundi | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Uganda | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Togo | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Benin | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Cameroon | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Republic of the Congo | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Comoros | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Djibouti | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Algeria | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Egypt | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Eritrea | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Gabon | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Ghana | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Guinea | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Gambia | 0 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
Total primary coal production (Coal includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and oil shale.)
