Europe: coal production by country 2023| Statista

During the period in consideration, Poland had the highest production volume of coal in each year. However, production has been declining since 2013, falling from 2.39 exajoules to 1.48 exajoules in 2023. Germany was the second largest producer of coal in Europe, and produced 0.92 exajoules in 2023. By comparison, the production of coal in the United Kingdom dropped to 10 petajoules in the most recent year.

Production of coal in Europe from 2010 to 2023, by selected country (in exajoules)

Characteristic	Bulgaria	Czechia	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Poland	Romania	Serbia	Spain*	Turkey	United Kingdom	Other Europe
2023	0.15	0.4	0.92	0.05	0.03	1.48	0.09	0.23	-	0.58	0.01	0.42
2022	0.25	0.48	1.21	0.07	0.03	1.7	0.13	0.25	-	0.83	0.02	0.45
2021	0.2	0.44	1.15	0.06	0.03	1.76	0.13	0.26	-	0.75	0.03	0.44
2020	0.16	0.43	0.98	0.07	0.04	1.68	0.11	0.3	-	0.66	0.05	0.46
2019	0.2	0.56	1.19	0.13	0.04	1.87	0.16	0.29	0.59	0.59	0.6	0.52
2018	0.22	0.62	1.58	0.18	0.05	1.98	0.17	0.28	0.04	0.69	0.08	0.78
2017	0.24	0.64	1.65	0.19	0.05	2.08	0.19	0.3	0.05	0.63	0.08	0.6
2016	0.21	0.67	1.66	0.17	0.06	2.18	0.18	0.3	0.03	0.65	0.11	0.59
2015	0.25	0.71	1.79	0.24	0.06	2.22	0.2	0.3	0.05	0.54	0.21	0.59
2014	0.21	0.71	1.85	0.27	0.07	2.26	0.19	0.24	0.07	0.68	0.29	0.64
2013	0.2	0.74	1.89	0.28	0.07	2.39	0.19	0.32	0.07	0.65	0.32	0.66
2012	0.23	0.85	2	0.34	0.07	2.42	0.27	0.31	0.1	0.71	0.42	0.6
2011	0.26	0.88	1.96	0.31	0.07	2.33	0.28	0.33	0.11	0.75	0.46	0.67

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June 2024

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Europe

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2010 to 2023

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Supplementary notes

This report was previously published by BP.
* From 2019 onwards, Spain produced less than 0.005 exajoules.

Figures only include commercial solid fuels, as well as coal produced for Coal-to-Liquids and Coal-to-Gas transformations.

This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.

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