Coal price (USD / metric tonne) - South Africa - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Coal prices (World Bank Pink Sheets)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Africa, the price of coal stood at 93.29 USD per metric tonne in August 2025, compared to 93.64 in the previous month. This constitutes a reduction of 0.37 percent.
Sample. There are 500 observations in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series is from January 1984 to August 2025.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: the price had an average value of 61.06; it reached a minimum of 21.25 in August 2002; it reached a maximum of 302.00 in April 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 93.78 |
| 2025-07-31 | 93.6355 |
| 2025-08-31 | 93.29 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | World |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD / metric tonne |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
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Coal prices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal price (USD / metric tonne) - Australia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 668 | 1970-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Coal price (USD / metric tonne) - South Africa - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 500 | 1984-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |