Coal production in Allied European countries 1900-1945

Of the Allied European countries in the early 20^th century, the United Kingdom had, by far, the largest annual coal output in each year. In most years, the UK's annual coal output ranged between 200,000 and 300,000 tons; this was more than all of the other given countries combined until the 1930s. As the Soviet Union industrialized and its economy grew in the years leading up to the Second World War, its coal output increased significantly, growing ten times larger between the mid-1920s and 1940. It has also been estimated that, when compared to the early-1930s, Poland's output more than doubled after it was annexed by Germany.

Coal production in selected Allied European countries from 1900 to 1945 (in thousands of metric tons)

Characteristic	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	France	Netherlands	Poland	Soviet Union	Serbia/Yugoslavia	United Kingdom
1945	15,833	50,086	35,017	5,227	20,183	149,333	3,611	185,709
1944	13,529	52,199	26,577	8,546	54,000	-	-	195,842
1943	23,737	46,900	42,427	12,880	70,000	-	-	202,112
1942	25,055	43,510	43,828	12,611	65,000	-	-	208,233
1941	26,722	43,248	43,857	13,555	58,000	-	-	209,655
1940	25,539	38,196	40,984	12,344	47,000	165,923	7,336	227,898
1939	29,844	31,863	50,249	13,058	23,190	146,208	6,068	235,050
1938	29,585	34,673	47,562	13,659	38,114	133,263	5,737	230,636
1937	29,859	28,182	45,364	14,464	36,236	127,968	5,002	244,268
1936	27,876	26,007	46,171	15,892	29,761	126,826	4,476	232,119
1935	26,506	25,860	47,119	11,964	28,563	109,634	4,392	225,819
1934	26,389	25,595	48,658	12,433	29,259	94,160	4,313	224,269
1933	25,300	26,819	47,981	12,671	27,389	76,333	4,176	210,436
1932	21,424	31,034	47,279	12,880	28,868	64,360	4,476	212,083
1931	27,042	33,629	51,046	13,023	38,306	56,752	4,856	222,981
1930	27,415	39,082	55,057	12,355	37,561	47,780	5,272	247,796
1929	26,940	35,012	54,977	11,738	46,310	40,067	5,654	262,045
1928	27,578	33,637	52,440	11,117	40,690	35,510	5,051	241,283
1927	27,551	32,693	52,875	9,689	38,162	32,275	4,745	255,264
1926	25,230	31,164	52,453	9,054	35,823	25,770	4,179	128,305
1925	23,097	35,639	48,091	7,325	29,147	16,520	4,154	247,078
1924	23,362	28,613	44,982	6,371	32,369	16,328	4,169	271,404
1923	22,922	29,639	38,556	5,649	36,269	12,700	4,096	280,430
1922	21,209	33,358	31,913	4,895	34,851	11,324	3,689	253,612
1921	21,807	31,338	28,960	4,365	30,164	9,520	3,084	165,871
1920	22,143	27,578	25,261	5,512	31,938	8,750	2,896	233,215
1919	18,483	28,318	22,441	5,422	-	9,450	-	233,467
1918	13,891	32,815	26,259	5,032	-	13,100	-	231,404
1917	14,931	34,909	28,915	3,168	-	31,310	-	252,487
1916	16,863	32,704	21,310	2,656	-	34,470	-	260,489
1915	14,178	33,463	19,533	2,333	-	31,440	-	257,269
1914	16,714	37,224	27,528	1,983	-	31,900	-	269,927
1913	24,371	-	40,844	1,837	-	36,050	-	292,042
1912	24,511	-	41,145	1,725	-	31,130	313	264,595
1911	24,598	-	39,230	1,477	-	28,420	305	276,255
1910	25,523	-	38,350	1,293	-	25,430	277	268,676
1909	25,095	-	37,840	1,121	-	26,820	292	268,007
1908	23,135	-	37,384	908	-	25,910	293	265,726
1907	25,300	-	36,754	723	-	26,000	268	272,129
1906	25,150	-	34,196	533	-	21,730	272	255,097
1905	23,348	-	35,928	468	-	18,670	185	239,918
1904	24,173	-	34,168	443	-	19,610	184	236,158
1903	23,797	-	34,906	458	-	17,860	160	234,030
1902	22,877	-	29,997	391	-	16,470	154	230,739
1901	22,213	-	32,325	311	-	16,530	170	222,562
1900	23,463	-	33,404	320	-	16,160	156	228,794

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December 1981

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

1900 to 1945

Supplementary notes

Notes per country are as follows:
Belgium: Break in series in 1913.
Czechoslovakia: Total of combined values for brown coal and hard coal output. Figures for 1913-1915 also included with Austria. Figures for 1938-1945 do not include output from the Sudetenland.
France: Figures from 1900-1918 and 1939-1944 do not include output from Alsace-Lorraine.
Netherlands: Total of combined values for brown coal and hard coal output. Figures from 1900-1913 are for Limburg province only.
Poland: Total of combined values for brown coal and hard coal output. Figures for 1939 are for first half of the year only. Figures thereafter are rough estimates and include output from some Czech coalfields.
Russia: Total of combined values for brown coal and hard coal output after 1912. Figures from 1913-1940 apply to the 1923 boundaries of the USSR.
United Kingdom: Includes output from Ireland until 1921.
Serbia/Yugoslavia: Total of combined values for brown coal and hard coal output. Figures from 1900-1913 are for the Kingdom of Serbia only.

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