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Key Takeaways

China produces greater than twice as a lot mineral gasoline by weight as america, the world’s second-largest producer.
Coal is the dominant gasoline produced by three of the world’s prime 5 producers by quantity.
Measuring manufacturing by weight favors coal-heavy economies over international locations centered on lower-volume fuels reminiscent of oil, gasoline, and uranium.

Mineral fuels underpin electrical energy technology, transportation, and industrial exercise, however the international locations producing the most important portions differ considerably relying on how output is measured.

This visualization ranks mineral gasoline manufacturing by nation in 2024, based mostly on whole manufacturing in metric tons. The information comes from the Austrian Ministry of Finance and covers steam coal, coking coal, lignite, petroleum, oil shales, pure gasoline, and uranium.

As a result of the rating measures bodily manufacturing moderately than worth or vitality content material, high-volume commodities reminiscent of coal have an outsized affect on the outcomes. This helps clarify why a number of coal-producing economies rank forward of a number of the world’s greatest oil and gasoline producers.

China Leads the Mineral Fuels Manufacturing Rating

China ranks first with 4.8 billion metric tons of mineral gasoline manufacturing in 2024, equal to twenty-eight.6% of world output. The overwhelming majority of China’s output comes from steam coal and coking coal, which additionally helps make it the world’s leading mineral producer total.

The desk under exhibits the mineral gasoline manufacturing of the main 25 international locations in million metric tons and as a share of the worldwide whole:

Rank	Nation	2024 Manufacturing (Million Metric Tons)	Share of World Complete (%)
1	🇨🇳 China	4,812.6	28.6
2	🇺🇸 United States	2,277.2	13.5
3	🇷🇺 Russia	1,459.0	8.7
4	🇮🇳 India	1,142.8	6.8
5	🇮🇩 Indonesia	921.4	5.5
6	🇦🇺 Australia	614.6	3.7
7	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	594.2	3.5
8	🇨🇦 Canada	489.9	2.9
9	🇮🇷 Iran	457.1	2.7
10	🇿🇦 South Africa	234.0	1.4
11	🇦🇪 UAE	228.9	1.4
12	🇮🇶 Iraq	225.2	1.3
13	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	224.2	1.3
14	🇶🇦 Qatar	211.8	1.3
15	🇧🇷 Brazil	196.6	1.2
16	🇳🇴 Norway	196.0	1.2
17	🇰🇼 Kuwait	154.8	0.9
18	🇩🇿 Algeria	146.8	0.9
19	🇲🇽 Mexico	119.2	0.7
20	🇳🇬 Nigeria	114.8	0.7
21	🇨🇴 Colombia	107.0	0.6
22	🇲🇳 Mongolia	104.4	0.6
23	🇩🇪 Germany	97.5	0.6
24	🇵🇱 Poland	89.3	0.5
25	🇲🇾 Malaysia	89.3	0.5

China produces greater than twice as a lot mineral gasoline by weight as america, which ranks second at 2.28 billion metric tons, or 13.5% of the worldwide whole. Their manufacturing mixes differ sharply: coal dominates China’s output, whereas petroleum and pure gasoline make up most of U.S. manufacturing.

Coal Dominates Three of the Prime 5 Producers

Following China and the U.S., Russia ranks third with 1.46 billion metric tons of mineral fuels, equal to eight.7% of the worldwide whole. Its manufacturing combine resembles that of the U.S., with petroleum and pure gasoline accounting for the most important share.

India ranks fourth with 1.14 billion metric tons, representing 6.8% of world output, with steam coal as its largest mineral gasoline class. Indonesia ranks fifth at 921.4 million metric tons, or 5.5% of world output, with steam coal additionally dominating its manufacturing.

Collectively, China, the U.S., Russia, India, and Indonesia produced 63.1% of the world’s mineral fuels by weight in 2024. China alone accounted for almost three in each 10 metric tons.

The desk under breaks down mineral gasoline manufacturing for the highest 5 producing international locations by gasoline sort:

Nation	Steam Coal (Mt)	Coking Coal (Mt)	Lignite (Mt)	Petroleum (Mt)	Gasoline (Mt)	Uranium (kt)
🇨🇳 China	3,883.5	519.0	0	212.9	197.2	1.9
🇺🇸 United States	372.7	64.8	36.3	948.8	854.6	0.3
🇷🇺 Russia	218.0	110.0	98.6	523.0	509.4	3.2
🇮🇳 India	973.9	65.7	45.5	28.9	28.8	0.6
🇮🇩 Indonesia	829.6	6.6	0	28.9	56.4	0

Asia-Pacific Produces Half of the World’s Mineral Fuels

On the regional stage, Asia-Pacific produced 8.36 billion metric tons of mineral fuels in 2024, equal to 49.7% of world output by weight.

North America ranked second at 2.91 billion metric tons, or 17.3% of the entire. The Center East and Europe adopted intently, accounting for 12.9% and 12.5%, respectively.

Saudi Arabia illustrates how measuring mineral fuels by weight can change the rating. Regardless of rating third amongst crude oil producers, it locations seventh right here at 594.2 million metric tons, or 3.5% of world mineral gasoline output. Coal-heavy international locations can rank greater as a result of coal is produced in far higher bodily volumes than extra energy-dense fuels.

Past the most important producers, output drops off rapidly. Germany, Poland, and Malaysia every account for lower than 1% of world mineral gasoline manufacturing.