Copper production - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Copper mine production in metric tons, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 10 countries was 260430 metric tons. The highest value was in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1601600 metric tons and the lowest value was in Zimbabwe: 7933 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
DR Congo 1601600 1 2001 - 2020
Zambia 852700 2 2006 - 2020
South Africa 29100 3 2001 - 2020
Mauritania 28491 4 2006 - 2020
Morocco 26900 5 2001 - 2020
Eritrea 21725 6 2015 - 2020
Namibia 15851 7 2001 - 2020
R. of Congo 10000 8 2017 - 2020
Tanzania 10000 9 2001 - 2020
Zimbabwe 7933 10 2001 - 2020



Definition: Copper production in metric tons.

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1. DR Congo
2. Zambia
3. South Africa
4. Mauritania
5. Morocco
6. Eritrea
7. Namibia
8. R. of Congo
9. Tanzania
10. Zimbabwe
1601600
852700
29100
28491
26900
21725
15851
10000
10000
7933
0
400400
800800
1201200
1601600


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