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List of countries by iron ore production
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<h2 id="list">List</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Country</th><th>Usable iron ore production (× 1000 tonnes)</th><th>Year</th></tr><tr><td></td><td> World</td><td>2,500,000</td><td>2022</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a> <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a></td><td>880,000</td><td>2023</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>659,000</td><td>2023</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></td><td>422,000</td><td>2023</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>285,000</td><td>2023</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>99,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq"></a> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></td><td>77,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>62,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td><td>54,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>48,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>43,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>38,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></td><td>37,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td><a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh"></a> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></td><td>23,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx"></a> <a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx">Chile</a></td><td>20,000</td><td>2022</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td><a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD"></a> <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></td><td>15,000</td><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td><a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku"></a> <a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku">Mauritania</a></td><td>13,300</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td><a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln"></a> <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a></td><td>12,000</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td><a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq"></a> <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></td><td>9,570</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td><a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb"></a> <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a></td><td>7,695</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td><a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0"></a> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></td><td>6,700</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a></td><td>5,250</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td><a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v"></a> <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v">Sierra Leone</a></td><td>4,720</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td><a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP"></a> <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a></td><td>3,920</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg"></a> <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></td><td>3,490</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td><a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc"></a> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td>2,800</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td><a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB"></a> <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a></td><td>2,284</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k"></a> <a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k">Liberia</a></td><td>1,930</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td><a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB"></a> <a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>1,622</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td><a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u"></a> <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a></td><td>715</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td><a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6"></a> <a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6">Algeria</a></td><td>600</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a></td><td>547</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td><a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB"></a> <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a></td><td>500</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td><a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw"></a> <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></td><td>310</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td><a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k"></a> <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a></td><td>200</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td><a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX"></a> <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a></td><td>110</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td><a href="/facts/Togo/7HzUaQkw"></a> <a href="/facts/Togo/7HzUaQkw">Togo</a></td><td>60</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td><a href="/facts/Bhutan/fSRsLss9"></a> <a href="/facts/Bhutan/fSRsLss9">Bhutan</a></td><td>28</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td><a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M"></a> <a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M">Morocco</a></td><td>15</td><td>2017</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="pig-iron-production">Pig iron production</h2> <p>This is a list of countries by <a href="/facts/Pig_iron/bxLL2NaR">pig iron</a> production. </p> Pig Iron production (million metric tons)<table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Country</th><th>1980</th><th>2013</th><th>2015</th></tr><tr><td></td><td>World</td><td>506</td><td>1,168</td><td>1,180</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>38</td><td>709</td><td>710</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>87</td><td>84</td><td>84</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>85</td><td>50</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>n/a</td><td>50</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw"></a> <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></td><td>5.6</td><td>41</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></td><td>13</td><td>26</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>36</td><td>27</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>62</td><td>30</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>n/a</td><td>29</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td><td>6.2</td><td>9.4</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Other countries</td><td>246</td><td>91</td><td>101</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_countries_by_steel_production/8Mv08ykW">List of countries by steel production</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_iron_mines/EIh2HS0V">List of iron mines</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Iron-ore_exports_by_country/XrbHh6EF">Iron-ore exports by country</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Data in the article is as of 2019, since iron ore production in many countries declined during the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn't fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels. <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" target="_blank">/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-07-30. <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-iron-ore.pdf" target="_blank">https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-iron-ore.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>2017 Annual Tables. USGS. 2019-11-18. <a href="https://prd-wret.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/myb1-2017-feore-adv.xlsx" target="_blank">https://prd-wret.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/myb1-2017-feore-adv.xlsx</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Global iron ore production data; Clarification of reporting from the USGS" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-08-21. <a href="https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/global_iron_ore_data.pdf" target="_blank">https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/global_iron_ore_data.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"World Steel Production 1980-2013" (PDF). World Steel Association. Nov 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150420161500/http://www.worldsteel.org/dms/internetDocumentList/statistics-archive/production-archive/steel-archive/steel-annually/steel-annually-1980-2013/document/steel%20annually%201980-2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150420161500/http://www.worldsteel.org/dms/internetDocumentList/statistics-archive/production-archive/steel-archive/steel-annually/steel-annually-1980-2013/document/steel%20annually%201980-2013.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>USGS 2016 <a href="https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_&_steel/mcs-2016-feste.pdf" target="_blank">https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_&_steel/mcs-2016-feste.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>