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Coal produced this year
- above 9 billion Projection · 2026 · IEA
- 285 tonnes of coal per second, modelled
- +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
- 2,307,814,794
Counted in tonnes of coal.
How this number is made
- 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.
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