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China: Coal rents

0.61percent · 2021-82.8% since 2011

Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production. Annual figures for China from 1971 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20210.608
20200.36
20190.448
20180.583
20170.538
20160.413
20150.405
20140.795
20131.082
20121.778
20113.531
20102.741
20091.71
20084.953
20072.102
20061.843
20051.845
20042.482
20030.22
20020.264
20010.802
20000.146
19990.071
19980.15
19970.085
19960.129
19950.456
19940.065
19930.143
19920.699
19911.348
19901.705
19891.478
19880.915
19870.197
19861.587
19853.047
19842.985
19834.389
19828.725
19817.953
19804.55
19792.697
19783.336
19773.081
19763.031
19752.693
19740.711
19730.077
19720.069
19710.075

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Coal rents. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-coal-rents (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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