Coal price (USD / metric tonne) - South Africa - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Coal prices (World Bank Pink Sheets)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Africa, the price of coal was 93.29 USD per metric tonne in August 2025, compared to 93.64 in July 2025. This marks a reduction of 0.37 percent.
Sample. There are 500 records overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time span going from January 1984 to August 2025.
History. Check out some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: the price had a mean value of 61.06; it hit a minimum of 21.25 in August 2002; it peaked at 302.00 in April 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 93.78 |
| 2025-07-31 | 93.6355 |
| 2025-08-31 | 93.29 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | World |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD / metric tonne |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
Series in the same data set: Coal prices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal price (USD / metric tonne) - Australia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 668 | 1970-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Coal price (USD / metric tonne) - South Africa - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 500 | 1984-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |