The Commonwealth of Independent States had the largest reserves of lignite of any world region as of 2022, amounting to nearly 1,400 exajoules. Australia and Asia had the second leading lignite reserves of any region of the world at that time, amounting to over 1,200 exajoules.
Reserves of lignite worldwide in 2022, by region
(in exajoules)
* The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization of nine former Soviet Union states, including Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Kazahkstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
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