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Coal production in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1913 to 2023 (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	Production volume in million metric tons
2023	1
2022	1
2021	1
2020	2
2019	3
2018	3
2017	3
2016	4
2015	9
2014	12
2013	13
2012	17
2011	19
2010	18
2009	18
2008	18
2007	17
2006	19
2005	20
2004	25
2003	28
2002	30
2001	32
2000	31
1999	37
1998	41
1997	48
1996	50
1995	53
1994	50
1993	68
1992	84
1991	94
1990	93
1989	100
1988	104
1987	105
1986	108
1985	94
1984	51
1983	119
1982	125
1981	127
1980	130
1979	122
1978	124
1977	122
1976	124
1975	129
1974	110
1973	132
1972	127
1971	154
1970	147
1969	156
1968	170
1967	178
1966	180
1965	192
1964	198
1963	200
1962	203
1961	195
1960	198
1959	210
1958	220
1957	228
1956	226
1955	226
1954	227
1953	227
1952	228
1951	226
1950	219
1949	218
1948	210
1947	200
1946	193
1945	186
1944	196
1943	202
1942	208
1941	210
1940	228
1939	235
1938	231
1937	244
1936	232
1935	226
1934	224
1933	210
1932	212
1931	223
1930	248
1929	262
1928	241
1927	255
1926	128
1925	247
1924	271
1923	280
1922	254
1921	166
1920	233
1919	233
1918	231
1917	252
1916	260
1915	257
1914	270
1913	292

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Release date

July 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

1913 to 2023

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This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the

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Coal has been a major industry in the United Kingdom since the start of the industrial revolution in the 18th century, with production estimates in 1750 at five million metric tons. In 1913, UK coal production peaked at 292 million metric tons. By 1920, the coal industry employed some 1.2 million people, which was approximately 1-in-20 of the UK's workforce.

Production has dropped massively since it's golden age, falling to just one million metric tons in 2023. In 2020, the UK government announced that coal would be phased out of the nation's energy mix by the end of 2024.