* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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
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


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Definition: Copper production in metric tons.

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