Coal production: Brown coal: Lignite (thousand metric tons) - United States - Yearly - UN
This series is part of the dataset: Coal production by country and quality (UN)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the production of lignite was 31,640.62 thousand metric tons in 2024, compared to 37,082.00 in the previous year. This constitutes a reduction of 14.67 percent.
Sample. There are 35 records in the yearly time series shown in the chart above. The time range covered by the series extends from December 1990 to December 2024.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: production had an average value of 68,147.16 thousand metric tons; it reached a minimum of 31,640.62 in 2024; it hit a peak of 81,703.00 in 1992.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand metric tons |
|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | 43115.0 |
| 2023-12-31 | 37082.0 |
| 2024-12-31 | 31640.615 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Lignite production |
| Country or region | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Yearly |
| Unit | Thousand metric tons |
| Source | United Nations Statistics Division |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Freely usable and distributable subject to conditions |
| Measure type | Level |
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