Zinc production - Country rankings
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Zinc production in metric tons, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 48 countries was 261 metric tons. The highest value was in China: 4041 metric tons and the lowest value was in Argentina: 4 metric tons. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: metric tons; Source: USGS
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Countries | Zinc production, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
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China | 4041 | 1 | 2003 - 2022 |
Peru | 1370 | 2 | 2003 - 2022 |
Australia | 1244 | 3 | 2003 - 2022 |
India | 840 | 4 | 2003 - 2022 |
USA | 763 | 5 | 2003 - 2022 |
Mexico | 744 | 6 | 2003 - 2022 |
Bolivia | 518 | 7 | 2003 - 2022 |
Kazakhstan | 312 | 8 | 2003 - 2022 |
Russia | 300 | 9 | 2003 - 2022 |
South Africa | 238 | 10 | 2003 - 2022 |
Sweden | 234 | 11 | 2003 - 2022 |
Canada | 208 | 12 | 2003 - 2022 |
Portugal | 200 | 13 | 2006 - 2022 |
Turkey | 176 | 14 | 2003 - 2022 |
Brazil | 151 | 15 | 2003 - 2022 |
Iran | 150 | 16 | 2003 - 2022 |
Eritrea | 121 | 17 | 2016 - 2022 |
Ireland | 103 | 18 | 2003 - 2022 |
Mongolia | 99 | 19 | 2005 - 2022 |
Spain | 90 | 20 | 2003 - 2022 |
Finland | 62 | 21 | 2003 - 2022 |
Tajikistan | 59 | 22 | 2011 - 2022 |
Cuba | 52 | 23 | 2017 - 2022 |
Morocco | 48 | 24 | 2003 - 2022 |
Pakistan | 42 | 25 | 2009 - 2022 |
Namibia | 41 | 26 | 2003 - 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 36 | 27 | 2011 - 2022 |
Honduras | 32 | 28 | 2003 - 2022 |
Nigeria | 30 | 29 | 2008 - 2022 |
North Macedonia | 30 | 30 | 2003 - 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | 27 | 31 | 2003 - 2022 |
Chile | 24 | 32 | 2003 - 2022 |
Bulgaria | 15 | 33 | 2003 - 2022 |
DR Congo | 14 | 34 | 2003 - 2022 |
Serbia | 14 | 35 | 2003 - 2022 |
Burkina Faso | 13 | 36 | 2013 - 2022 |
Vietnam | 13 | 37 | 2003 - 2022 |
Greece | 12 | 38 | 2003 - 2022 |
R. of Congo | 12 | 39 | 2017 - 2022 |
Burma | 11 | 40 | 2003 - 2022 |
Indonesia | 11 | 41 | 2018 - 2022 |
North Korea | 10 | 42 | 2003 - 2022 |
Montenegro | 8 | 43 | 2013 - 2022 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 7 | 44 | 2003 - 2022 |
Armenia | 5 | 45 | 2003 - 2022 |
Domin. Rep. | 5 | 46 | 2015 - 2022 |
Argentina | 4 | 47 | 2003 - 2022 |
South Korea | 4 | 48 | 2004 - 2022 |
Definition: Zinc production in metric tons.
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