* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Silver production in metric tones, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 60 countries was 417 metric tons. The highest value was in Mexico: 6108 metric tons and the lowest value was in Algeria: 0 metric tons. The indicator is available from 2002 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: metric tons; Source: USGS
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Countries Silver production, 2021 Global rank Available data
Mexico 6108 1 2002 - 2021
China 3501 2 2002 - 2021
Peru 3310 3 2002 - 2021
Australia 1363 4 2002 - 2021
Russia 1322 5 2002 - 2021
Poland 1303 6 2002 - 2021
Bolivia 1292 7 2002 - 2021
Chile 1282 8 2002 - 2021
USA 1020 9 2002 - 2021
Argentina 720 10 2002 - 2021
India 610 11 2002 - 2021
Sweden 468 12 2002 - 2021
Kazakhstan 420 13 2002 - 2021
Indonesia 335 14 2002 - 2021
Canada 325 15 2002 - 2021
Morocco 288 16 2002 - 2021
Uzbekistan 237 17 2002 - 2021
Turkey 98 18 2002 - 2021
Papua N.G. 94 19 2002 - 2021
Spain 92 20 2002 - 2021
Brazil 80 21 2002 - 2021
Panama 78 22 2012 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 72 23 2012 - 2021
Eritrea 69 24 2012 - 2021
Mongolia 59 25 2002 - 2021
Honduras 47 26 2002 - 2021
Portugal 46 27 2002 - 2021
Finland 43 28 2002 - 2021
South Africa 38 29 2002 - 2021
Bulgaria 32 30 2002 - 2021
Philippines 31 31 2002 - 2021
Colombia 29 32 2002 - 2021
Greece 29 33 2002 - 2021
Laos 26 34 2012 - 2021
Nicaragua 23 35 2002 - 2021
Armenia 22 36 2002 - 2021
North Korea 20 37 2002 - 2021
Burkina Faso 16 38 2013 - 2021
Georgia 13 39 2012 - 2021
Tanzania 13 40 2002 - 2021
Tajikistan 11 41 2002 - 2021
Botswana 10 42 2012 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 6 43 2012 - 2021
Namibia 6 44 2002 - 2021
South Korea 6 45 2002 - 2021
Azerbaijan 4 46 2012 - 2021
Ethiopia 3 47 2002 - 2021
New Zealand 3 48 2002 - 2021
Ecuador 2 49 2012 - 2021
Ghana 2 50 2002 - 2021
Ivory Coast 2 51 2012 - 2021
Japan 2 52 2002 - 2021
Zimbabwe 2 53 2002 - 2021
Ireland 1 54 2002 - 2021
Algeria 0 55 2002 - 2021
Cyprus 0 56 2017 - 2021
Fiji 0 57 2012 - 2021
Malaysia 0 58 2012 - 2021
Slovakia 0 59 2012 - 2021
UK 0 60 2012 - 2021


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Definition: Silver production in metric tones.

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