As of 2020, the ratio of coal reserves to production in North America was 484 years, meaning that at the current rate of extraction, North America's coal reserves will last for 484 years. In the Middle East and Africa, however, the coal reserves to production ratio was 60 years.
Coal reserves to production ratio worldwide in 2020, by region
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