🟠 Top Copper Producers
Copper mined per year (metal content), in thousands of tonnes.
🇨🇱 Chile23%🇨🇩 DR Congo14%🇵🇪 Peru11%🇨🇳 China7.9%🇮🇩 Indonesia4.8%🇺🇸 United States4.8%🇷🇺 Russia4.1%🇦🇺 Australia3.5%🇰🇿 Kazakhstan3.2%🇲🇽 Mexico3.1%🇿🇲 Zambia3%🇨🇦 Canada2%🇲🇳 Mongolia🇵🇱 Poland🇵🇦 Panama🇮🇷 Iran🇧🇷 Brazil🇷🇸 Serbia🇺🇿🇪🇸🇪🇨🇹🇿🇹🇷🇸🇪🇸🇦🇧🇬🇦🇲🇵🇭
1
🇨🇱Chile
5,300k t
2
🇨🇩DR Congo
3,300k t
3
🇵🇪Peru
2,600k t
4
🇨🇳China
1,800k t
5
🇮🇩Indonesia
1,100k t
6
🇺🇸United States
1,100k t
7
🇷🇺Russia
930k t
8
🇦🇺Australia
800k t
9
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
740k t
10
🇲🇽Mexico
700k t
11
🇿🇲Zambia
680k t
12
🇨🇦Canada
450k t
13
🇲🇳Mongolia
416k t
14
🇵🇱Poland
410k t
15
🇵🇦Panama
350k t
16
🇮🇷Iran
344k t
17
🇧🇷Brazil
298k t
18
🇷🇸Serbia
204k t
19
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
149k t
20
🇪🇸Spain
129k t
21
🇪🇨Ecuador
120k t
22
🇹🇿Tanzania
118k t
23
🇹🇷Türkiye
115k t
24
🇸🇪Sweden
88k t
25
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
75k t
26
🇧🇬Bulgaria
67k t
27
🇦🇲Armenia
66k t
28
🇵🇭Philippines
60k t
29
🇿🇦South Africa
49k t
30
🇧🇼Botswana
44k t
31
🇱🇦Laos
44k t
32
🇻🇳Vietnam
35k t
33
🇵🇹Portugal
32k t
34
🇮🇳India
30k t
35
🇲🇦Morocco
28k t
36
🇫🇮Finland
28k t
37
🇪🇷Eritrea
17k t
38
🇵🇰Pakistan
16k t
39
🇲🇷Mauritania
13k t
40
🇷🇴Romania
12k t
41
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
10k t
42
🇨🇴Colombia
8k t
43
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
8k t
44
🇲🇰North Macedonia
7k t
45
🇬🇪Georgia
6k t
46
🇦🇱Albania
6k t
47
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
5k t
48
🇧🇴Bolivia
4k t
49
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
3k t
50
🇳🇦Namibia
2k t
Highlights
As of 2024, Chile ranks first with 5,300k t, followed by DR Congo (3,300k t) and Peru (2,600k t).
Chile is 1.6 times higher than DR Congo, the runner-up.
Across 53 countries and territories, values run from 5,300k t (Chile) to 0k t (Slovakia), with a median of 66k t.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, 1 from Africa, 1 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, copper (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: thousand tonnes.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, copper (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Mine production (metal content).