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 37,109.00 thousand metric tons in 2023, versus 43,115.00 in 2022. This represents a decrease of 13.93 percent.
Sample. There are 34 observations in the yearly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time period going from December 1990 to December 2023.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: production was equal on average to 69,221.68 thousand metric tons; it peaked at 81,703.00 in 1992; it recorded a bottom of 37,109.00 in 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand metric tons |
|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | 42968.0 |
| 2022-12-31 | 43115.0 |
| 2023-12-31 | 37109.0 |
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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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