Copper production - Country rankings
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Copper mine production in metric tons, 2020:
The average for 2020 based on 53 countries was 387920 metric tons. The highest value was in Chile: 5733100 metric tons and the lowest value was in Azerbaijan: 2642 metric tons. The indicator is available from 2001 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: metric tons; Source: USGS
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Countries | Copper production, 2020 | Global rank | Available data |
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Chile | 5733100 | 1 | 2001 - 2020 |
Peru | 2153952 | 2 | 2001 - 2020 |
China | 1723100 | 3 | 2001 - 2020 |
DR Congo | 1601600 | 4 | 2001 - 2020 |
USA | 1200000 | 5 | 2001 - 2020 |
Australia | 885000 | 6 | 2001 - 2020 |
Zambia | 852700 | 7 | 2006 - 2020 |
Russia | 811000 | 8 | 2001 - 2020 |
Mexico | 732900 | 9 | 2001 - 2020 |
Canada | 584609 | 10 | 2001 - 2020 |
Kazakhstan | 551800 | 11 | 2001 - 2020 |
Indonesia | 505377 | 12 | 2001 - 2020 |
Poland | 392700 | 13 | 2001 - 2020 |
Brazil | 352635 | 14 | 2001 - 2020 |
Iran | 313500 | 15 | 2001 - 2020 |
Mongolia | 303000 | 16 | 2001 - 2020 |
Panama | 205548 | 17 | 2019 - 2020 |
Spain | 190352 | 18 | 2001 - 2020 |
Burma | 185000 | 19 | 2001 - 2020 |
Uzbekistan | 140000 | 20 | 2001 - 2020 |
Turkey | 107000 | 21 | 2001 - 2020 |
Sweden | 100065 | 22 | 2001 - 2020 |
Saudi Arabia | 92915 | 23 | 2001 - 2020 |
Laos | 88163 | 24 | 2005 - 2020 |
Papua N.G. | 82800 | 25 | 2001 - 2020 |
Armenia | 82600 | 26 | 2001 - 2020 |
Bulgaria | 75000 | 27 | 2001 - 2020 |
Philippines | 60856 | 28 | 2001 - 2020 |
Serbia | 52207 | 29 | 2001 - 2020 |
Ecuador | 43000 | 30 | 2001 - 2020 |
Vietnam | 38000 | 31 | 2011 - 2020 |
Finland | 36278 | 32 | 2001 - 2020 |
Portugal | 32230 | 33 | 2001 - 2020 |
South Africa | 29100 | 34 | 2001 - 2020 |
Mauritania | 28491 | 35 | 2006 - 2020 |
Morocco | 26900 | 36 | 2001 - 2020 |
India | 22800 | 37 | 2001 - 2020 |
Eritrea | 21725 | 38 | 2015 - 2020 |
Namibia | 15851 | 39 | 2001 - 2020 |
Pakistan | 13200 | 40 | 2003 - 2020 |
Georgia | 10036 | 41 | 2001 - 2020 |
North Korea | 10000 | 42 | 2001 - 2020 |
R. of Congo | 10000 | 43 | 2017 - 2020 |
Tanzania | 10000 | 44 | 2001 - 2020 |
Colombia | 9371 | 45 | 2001 - 2020 |
Romania | 8300 | 46 | 2001 - 2020 |
Zimbabwe | 7933 | 47 | 2001 - 2020 |
North Macedonia | 6625 | 48 | 2001 - 2020 |
Domin. Rep. | 6000 | 49 | 2008 - 2020 |
Kyrgyzstan | 5400 | 50 | 2015 - 2020 |
Albania | 3600 | 51 | 2011 - 2020 |
Bolivia | 2822 | 52 | 2001 - 2020 |
Azerbaijan | 2642 | 53 | 2011 - 2020 |
Definition: Copper production in metric tons.
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