The measured earth
Who supplies the world
Every dossier says what a nation digs. This is the other axis: one mineral, every producer.
Ten commodities, from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — mine production, in tonnes, for 51 producing nations. Each page lists every producer the USGS names, that nation’s share of the published world total for 2024 (reported) and 2025 (estimated), and an honest “Rest of world” remainder for what the list does not cover. Every figure links into its nation’s dossier, where the same tonnage sits beside the rest of the country’s record.
- Commodities
- 10
- Producing nations
- 51
- Reported year
- 2024
- Estimate year
- 2025
The ten commodities
The shaded segments are the three largest producers’ shares of the 2025 world estimate — how much of each mineral’s map is held by three capitals.
Copper
23 Mt · 2025 est.
largest producer Chile · 23% · top three 49% · 14 producers listed
Iron ore
2600 Mt · 2025 est.
largest producer Australia · 38% · top three 66% · 17 producers listed
Gold
3,300 t · 2025 est.
largest producer China · 12% · top three 29% · 13 producers listed
Lithium
290 kt · 2025 est.
largest producer Australia · 32% · top three 72% · 9 producers listed
Cobalt
310 kt · 2025 est.
largest producer DR Congo · 74% · top three 91% · 12 producers listed
Nickel
3.9 Mt · 2025 est.
largest producer Indonesia · 67% · top three 79% · 9 producers listed
Rare earths
390 kt · 2025 est.
largest producer China · 69% · top three 90% · 12 producers listed
Bauxite
440 Mt · 2025 est.
largest producer Guinea · 34% · top three 76% · 13 producers listed
Zinc
13 Mt · 2025 est.
largest producer China · 32% · top three 52% · 10 producers listed
Phosphate rock
250 Mt · 2025 est.
largest producer China · 44% · top three 66% · 23 producers listed