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United States: Coal rents

0.17percent · 2021-71.3% 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 United States from 1970 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20210.166
20200.084
20190.132
20180.198
20170.182
20160.136
20150.155
20140.227
20130.28
20120.365
20110.576
20100.463
20090.329
20080.697
20070.25
20060.276
20050.265
20040.321
20030.154
20020.152
20010.213
20000.14
19990.127
19980.162
19970.183
19960.196
19950.186
19940.063
19930.066
19920.137
19910.176
19900.195
19890.181
19880.141
19870.108
19860.199
19850.306
19840.307
19830.385
19820.741
19810.718
19800.533
19790.414
19780.402
19770.547
19760.583
19750.575
19740.248
19730.122
19720.11
19710.103
19700.093

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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