List of countries by iron production
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This is a list of countries by iron production in based on U.S. Geological Survey data.
Rank by sovereign state |
Country | Iron production (thousands pf tonnes) |
year |
---|---|---|---|
World | 1,800,000 | 2006 | |
1 | People's Republic of China | 588,000 | 2006 |
2 | Brazil | 318,000 | 2006 |
3 | Australia | 275,000 | 2006 |
4 | India | 140,000 | 2006 |
5 | Russia | 102,000 | 2006 |
6 | Ukraine | 74,000 | 2006 |
7 | United States | 53,000 | 2006 |
8 | South Africa | 41,000 | 2006 |
9 | Canada | 34,000 | 2006 |
10 | Sweden | 23,000 | 2006 |
11 | Venezuela | 23,000 | 2006 |
12 | Iran | 20,000 | 2006 |
13 | Kazakhstan | 19,000 | 2006 |
14 | Mexico | 11,000 | 2006 |
15 | Mauritania | 11,000 | 2006 |
16 | Chile | 8,000 | 2004 |
17 | Peru | 6,439 | 2004 |
18 | North Korea | 4,580 | 2004 |
19 | Turkey | 3,857 | 2004 |
20 | Egypt | 2,400 | 2004 |
21 | New Zealand | 2,329 | 2004 |
22 | Austria | 1,882 | 2004 |
23 | Algeria | 1,554 | 2004 |
24 | Greece | 1,500 | 2004 |
25 | Malaysia | 664 | 2004 |
26 | Vietnam | 650 | 2004 |
27 | Norway | 600 | 2004 |
28 | Colombia | 508 | 2004 |
29 | Germany | 412 | 2004 |
30 | South Korea | 328 | 2004 |
31 | Slovakia | 305 | 2004 |
32 | Romania | 305 | 2004 |
33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 300 | 2004 |
34 | Zimbabwe | 283 | 2004 |
35 | Tunisia | 244 | 2004 |
36 | Thailand | 136 | 2004 |
37 | Indonesia | 90 | 2004 |
38 | Bulgaria | 83 | 2004 |
39 | Azerbaijan | 19 | 2004 |
40 | Portugal | 12 | 2004 |
41 | Morocco | 10 | 2004 |
42 | Macedonia | 10 | 2004 |
43 | Guatemala | 3 | 2004 |
44 | Kenya | 1 | 2004 |
45 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2004 |