⛓️ Top Iron Ore Producers
Usable iron ore produced per year, in millions of tonnes.
🇦🇺 Australia37%🇧🇷 Brazil18%🇨🇳 China11%🇮🇳 India11%🇷🇺 Russia3.7%🇮🇷 Iran3.6%🇿🇦 South Africa2.7%🇨🇦 Canada2.2%🇺🇸 United States🇺🇦 Ukraine🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇸🇪 Sweden🇵🇪 Peru🇨🇱🇹🇷🇲🇷🇲🇳
1
🇦🇺Australia
930 Mt
2
🇧🇷Brazil
440 Mt
3
🇨🇳China
270 Mt
4
🇮🇳India
270 Mt
5
🇷🇺Russia
91 Mt
6
🇮🇷Iran
90 Mt
7
🇿🇦South Africa
66 Mt
8
🇨🇦Canada
54 Mt
9
🇺🇸United States
48 Mt
10
🇺🇦Ukraine
42 Mt
11
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
30 Mt
12
🇸🇪Sweden
28 Mt
13
🇵🇪Peru
21 Mt
14
🇨🇱Chile
18 Mt
15
🇹🇷Türkiye
18 Mt
16
🇲🇷Mauritania
15 Mt
17
🇲🇽Mexico
8 Mt
18
🇲🇳Mongolia
8 Mt
19
🇱🇷Liberia
5 Mt
20
🇲🇾Malaysia
5 Mt
21
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
4 Mt
22
🇳🇿New Zealand
4 Mt
23
🇮🇩Indonesia
4 Mt
24
🇦🇹Austria
3 Mt
25
🇰🇵North Korea
3 Mt
26
🇻🇳Vietnam
2 Mt
27
🇳🇴Norway
2 Mt
28
🇱🇦Laos
2 Mt
29
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Mt
30
🇻🇪Venezuela
1 Mt
31
🇩🇿Algeria
1 Mt
32
🇵🇰Pakistan
1 Mt
33
🇨🇴Colombia
1 Mt
34
🇩🇪Germany
0 Mt
35
🇰🇷South Korea
0 Mt
36
🇧🇴Bolivia
0 Mt
37
🇬🇳Guinea
0 Mt
38
🇹🇳Tunisia
0 Mt
39
🇪🇸Spain
0 Mt
40
🇹🇭Thailand
0 Mt
41
🇺🇬Uganda
0 Mt
42
🇵🇭Philippines
0 Mt
43
🇲🇦Morocco
0 Mt
44
🇪🇬Egypt
0 Mt
45
🇳🇬Nigeria
0 Mt
46
🇧🇹Bhutan
0 Mt
47
🇬🇹Guatemala
0 Mt
48
🇲🇼Malawi
0 Mt
Highlights
As of 2024, Australia ranks first with 930 Mt, followed by Brazil (440 Mt) and China (270 Mt).
Australia is 2.1 times higher than Brazil, the runner-up.
Across 48 countries and territories, values run from 930 Mt (Australia) to 0 Mt (Malawi), with a median of 3 Mt.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, 2 from Europe, 1 from Africa and 1 from Oceania.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, iron ore (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: million tonnes.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, iron ore (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026