Coal produced this year
Estimated range: 7,113,418,058 – 7,706,202,897 (±4%)
- above 9 billion Projection · 2026 · IEA
- 285 tonnes of coal per second, modelled
- Tier A (±4%) High confidence
- +0 Since you opened this page
Putting it in perspective
- Per second
- 285
- Per minute
- 17,111
- Per hour
- 1,026,694
- Per day
- 24,640,657
- Still to come this year
- 1,584,029,357
Counted in tonnes of coal.
How this number is made
- Algorithm
- Annual flow spread
Evenly distributed across 31,557,600 seconds (365.25 days) of the year.
- Confidence Tier
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Tier A High confidence
IEA global coal production balances derived from national statistical submissions and mining ministry returns.
- Error Band
- ±4%
Modelled range: 7,113,418,058 to 7,706,202,897
- Annualized Validation
- ≤ 3.0% tolerance passed
Pace: 9,000,000,000 tonnes of coal/yr vs cited reference 9,000,000,000 tonnes of coal/yr (exact match)
- Basis
- Projection for 2026
- Record
- STO-01M2KJ7XC3
- Source
- IEA, Global coal demand set to increase this year amid Middle East conflict
“After reaching a record high in 2025, global coal production is expected to decline in 2026, although it is set to remain above 9 billion tonnes for a third consecutive year.”
- Step 01
Take IEA’s figure for 2026: above 9 billion (a projection).
- Step 02
Spread it evenly over a year of 31,557,600 seconds (365.25 days): about 285 tonnes of coal per second.
- Step 03
Count from 00:00 UTC on 1 January of the current year, so the number resets every New Year.
- On screen
- The result of those steps, recomputed four times a second in your browser. Nothing on this page is fetched live from the publisher.
- Why this can't be exact
- Real activity is not spread evenly: it clusters in working hours, weekdays and seasons, so the count runs ahead or behind the true figure at any given moment. The annual figure is IEA’s projection; the counter moves to the published actual once it is released. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
Frequently asked questions
Which published figure is the counter based on?
The International Energy Agency’s figure for 2026: above 9 billion (a projection).
How is the live number calculated?
Take IEA’s figure for 2026: above 9 billion (a projection). Spread it evenly over a year of 31,557,600 seconds (365.25 days): about 285 tonnes of coal per second. Count from 00:00 UTC on 1 January of the current year, so the number resets every New Year.
How accurate is the counter?
Real activity is not spread evenly: it clusters in working hours, weekdays and seasons, so the count runs ahead or behind the true figure at any given moment. The annual figure is IEA’s projection; the counter moves to the published actual once it is released. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
Where does the data come from?
The International Energy Agency, “Global coal demand set to increase this year amid Middle East conflict”. The record quotes the publisher’s own sentence, and nothing on the page is fetched live from the publisher.
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StatOrigin. (2026). Coal produced this year [Live counter, extrapolated from IEA]. Retrieved 28 Oct 2026, from https://statorigin.org/live/coal-mined