What we count
The mass of proved coal reserves considered economically recoverable under current conditions.
Latest published proved coal reserves
How large the latest published world proved coal reserves are.
Published value
WORLDRelated numbers in context
655,000,000people without access to electricity
2,000,000,000people relying on polluting cooking fuels
51,282,831electricity generated today
What lies behind this number
The mass of proved coal reserves considered economically recoverable under current conditions.
How the source derives it
The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
What one number cannot show
Reserves can be revised and are not measured in the same year in every country. We therefore keep the figure unchanged between source releases.
Source value
The displayed value is the latest global figure reported by US EIA International Energy Statistics for latest available national observations, mostly 2022–2024.
How the value is used: The value remains unchanged until a new aggregate figure is published.
Published value1,070,000,000,000tonnes
- Period
- latest available national observations, mostly 2022–2024
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- US EIA International Energy Statistics
How the number is calculated
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Formula used
V = latest published valueReference value1,070,000,000,000latest available national observations, mostly 2022–2024
Data typeunchangedwithout time calculation
DisplaypublishedUS EIA International Energy Statistics
Source value
US EIA International Energy Statistics reports the latest published figure used on this page for latest available national observations, mostly 2022–2024.
Value period
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Display
The published value is shown without moving final digits.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from US EIA International Energy Statistics and refers to latest available national observations, mostly 2022–2024. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- US EIA International Energy Statistics
- Data period
- latest available national observations, mostly 2022–2024
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Direct display of the latest figure