Botswana vs Peru: Coal reserves

Botswana
1.66 billion tonnes
in 2023
Peru
1.57 billion tonnes
in 2023
Botswana rank
35th
Peru rank
36th

Coal reserves over time

  • Botswana
  • Peru
0500.0M1.0B1.5B200820152023

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1.66 billion tonnes against 1.57 billion tonnes in Peru, a difference of 93.00 million tonnes.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Peru ahead.

Botswana ranks 35th and Peru ranks 36th of 216 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Coal reserves
Unit
tonnes
Source
U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 3,421 data points, 2008–2023
Last refreshed

Proved reserves, measured in tonnes, are generally those quantities that can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, according to geological and engineering information.