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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
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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