Iron production - Country rankings
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Iron production in thousand metric tons, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 48 countries was 31899 thousand metric tons. The highest value was in Australia: 583902 thousand metric tons and the lowest value was in Nigeria: 2 thousand metric tons. The indicator is available from 1999 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: thousand metric tons; Source: USGS
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| Countries | Iron production, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 583902 | 1 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Brazil | 276000 | 2 | 1999 - 2022 |
| China | 169771 | 3 | 1999 - 2022 |
| India | 156000 | 4 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Russia | 55800 | 5 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Iran | 51300 | 6 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Canada | 41400 | 7 | 1999 - 2022 |
| South Africa | 40500 | 8 | 1999 - 2022 |
| USA | 24700 | 9 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Ukraine | 21300 | 10 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Sweden | 19940 | 11 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Peru | 12937 | 12 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Chile | 11060 | 13 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Turkey | 10700 | 14 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Kazakhstan | 8890 | 15 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Mauritania | 7950 | 16 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Mexico | 6800 | 17 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Mongolia | 4600 | 18 | 2004 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 4000 | 19 | 2011 - 2022 |
| Liberia | 3130 | 20 | 2011 - 2022 |
| Malaysia | 3010 | 21 | 1999 - 2022 |
| New Zealand | 2260 | 22 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Argentina | 2110 | 23 | 2014 - 2022 |
| Indonesia | 1740 | 24 | 1999 - 2022 |
| North Korea | 1610 | 25 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Venezuela | 1400 | 26 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Fiji | 1100 | 27 | 2018 - 2022 |
| Laos | 1100 | 28 | 2014 - 2022 |
| Norway | 1020 | 29 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Vietnam | 977 | 30 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Austria | 831 | 31 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 806 | 32 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Colombia | 410 | 33 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Egypt | 350 | 34 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Algeria | 320 | 35 | 1999 - 2022 |
| South Korea | 243 | 36 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Greece | 240 | 37 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Pakistan | 230 | 38 | 2004 - 2022 |
| Thailand | 201 | 39 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Tunisia | 156 | 40 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Uganda | 150 | 41 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 87 | 42 | 2009 - 2022 |
| Philippines | 47 | 43 | 2014 - 2022 |
| R. of Congo | 46 | 44 | 2018 - 2022 |
| Bhutan | 16 | 45 | 2014 - 2022 |
| Morocco | 11 | 46 | 1999 - 2022 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 47 | 2014 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 48 | 2000 - 2022 |
Definition: Iron production in thousand metric tons.
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