528M short tons
2025 (latest)
COAL PRODUCTION
thousand short tons · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
481M short tons
1949
1172M short tons
high · 2008
420M short tons
low · 1961
+10%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN CLPRPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Thousand Short Tons. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=CLPRPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Coal production | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 528M short tons | +3% |
| 2024 | 513M short tons | −11% |
| 2023 | 578M short tons | −3% |
| 2022 | 594M short tons | +3% |
| 2021 | 577M short tons | +8% |
| 2020 | 535M short tons | −24% |
| 2019 | 706M short tons | −7% |
| 2018 | 756M short tons | −2% |
| 2017 | 775M short tons | +6% |
| 2016 | 728M short tons | −19% |
| 2015 | 897M short tons | −10% |
| 2014 | 1000M short tons | +2% |
| 2013 | 985M short tons | −3% |
| 2012 | 1016M short tons | −7% |
| 2011 | 1096M short tons | +1% |
| 2010 | 1084M short tons | +1% |
| 2009 | 1075M short tons | −8% |
| 2008 | 1172M short tons | +2% |
| 2007 | 1147M short tons | −1% |
| 2006 | 1163M short tons | +3% |
| 2005 | 1131M short tons | +2% |
| 2004 | 1112M short tons | +4% |
| 2003 | 1072M short tons | −2% |
| 2002 | 1094M short tons | −3% |
| 2001 | 1128M short tons | +5% |
| 2000 | 1074M short tons | −2% |
| 1999 | 1100M short tons | −2% |
| 1998 | 1118M short tons | +3% |
| 1997 | 1090M short tons | +2% |
| 1996 | 1064M short tons | +3% |
| 1995 | 1033M short tons | −0% |
| 1994 | 1034M short tons | +9% |
| 1993 | 945M short tons | −5% |
| 1992 | 998M short tons | +0% |
| 1991 | 996M short tons | −3% |
| 1990 | 1029M short tons | +5% |
| 1989 | 981M short tons | +3% |
| 1988 | 950M short tons | +3% |
| 1987 | 919M short tons | +3% |
| 1986 | 890M short tons | +1% |
| 1985 | 884M short tons | −1% |
| 1984 | 896M short tons | +15% |
| 1983 | 782M short tons | −7% |
| 1982 | 838M short tons | +2% |
| 1981 | 824M short tons | −1% |
| 1980 | 830M short tons | +6% |
| 1979 | 781M short tons | +17% |
| 1978 | 670M short tons | −4% |
| 1977 | 697M short tons | +2% |
| 1976 | 685M short tons | +5% |
| 1975 | 655M short tons | +7% |
| 1974 | 610M short tons | +2% |
| 1973 | 599M short tons | −1% |
| 1972 | 602M short tons | +7% |
| 1971 | 561M short tons | −8% |
| 1970 | 613M short tons | +7% |
| 1969 | 571M short tons | +3% |
| 1968 | 557M short tons | −1% |
| 1967 | 565M short tons | +3% |
| 1966 | 547M short tons | +4% |
| 1965 | 527M short tons | +5% |
| 1964 | 504M short tons | +6% |
| 1963 | 477M short tons | +9% |
| 1962 | 439M short tons | +4% |
| 1961 | 420M short tons | −3% |
| 1960 | 434M short tons | +0% |
| 1959 | 433M short tons | +0% |
| 1958 | 432M short tons | −17% |
| 1957 | 518M short tons | −2% |
| 1956 | 530M short tons | +8% |
| 1955 | 491M short tons | +17% |
| 1954 | 421M short tons | −14% |
| 1953 | 488M short tons | −4% |
| 1952 | 507M short tons | −12% |
| 1951 | 576M short tons | +3% |
| 1950 | 560M short tons | +17% |
| 1949 | 481M short tons | — |
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