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South African coal

Annual average price of South African steam coal in US dollars per metric tonne from the World Bank Pink Sheet.

94.9 USD/tWorld · 2025

World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet)Published by source: 2026-09-02
energy
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID 0a268c0f9ea3Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • World: 1984–2025; observations: 42; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

World

42 rows for World

Time range:
0.050.0100.0150.0200.0250.019841990200020102020202594.9
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World

Period statistics

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World

32.9→94.9

Total change
+188.4 %
Annual growth (CAGR)
+2.6 %
Period
1984–2025

World: 32.9 (1984) → 94.9 (2025). Change of +188.4 % over 41 years. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.6 % per year.

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South African coal — World
YearCountryValue
2025World94.9 USD/t
2024World105.8 USD/t
2023World119.1 USD/t
2022World240.6 USD/t
2021World119.8 USD/t
2020World65.7 USD/t
2019World71.9 USD/t
2018World97.6 USD/t
2017World85.1 USD/t
2016World63.9 USD/t
2015World56.7 USD/t
2014World72.3 USD/t
2013World80.2 USD/t
2012World92.9 USD/t
2011World116.3 USD/t
2010World91.6 USD/t
2009World64.7 USD/t
2008World120.6 USD/t
2007World62.7 USD/t
2006World50.7 USD/t
Source
World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet)
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-09-02
Retrieved
2026-11-05
Indicator code in source
COAL_SA
Unit of measure
US$ per tonne
Data version
v45

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Longseries, “South African coal”. World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet) (COAL_SA), 1984–2025, World. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 0a268c0f9ea3646c6f1064b45567d0c4f00a71adc052c759aa809885e8b30e5a. https://longseries.com/en/d/cmo-coal-sa/

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World202594.9 USD/t94.9 USD/t

About this series

South African steam coal, annual average, US$ per tonne. World Bank Pink Sheet.

Indicator definition

Column Coal, South African. World geography only.

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