Who supplies the world

Cobalt

Cobalt mined, by metal content — most of it a by-product of copper and nickel mining. The latest year is a USGS estimate.

Figures are mine production — the MCS statistics row “Mine production” — as published by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. They measure what left mines in each calendar year: not reserves in the ground, and not refined or smelted output, which for several of these commodities is concentrated in different hands. 2025 is the USGS estimate; 2024 is the reported figure.

World total · 2025 est.
310 kt
World total · 2024
302 kt
Producers listed
12
Top three · 2025 est.
91%

The three largest producers — DR Congo, Indonesia and Russia — account for 91% of the 2025 world estimate of 310 kt.

Share of world production

Each bar is that nation’s share of the published world total for the 2025 estimate. Shares are computed against the world total itself, never against the sum of the producers listed.

  1. 1🇨🇩DR Congo

    2024: 226 kt · 75%2025 est.: 230 kt · 74%

  2. 2🇮🇩Indonesia

    2024: 35.0 kt · 12%2025 est.: 44.0 kt · 14%

  3. 3🇷🇺Russia

    2024: 8,000 t · 2.6%2025 est.: 7,700 t · 2.5%

  4. 4🇲🇬Madagascar

    2024: 3,100 t · 1.0%2025 est.: 3,900 t · 1.3%

  5. 5🇦🇺Australia

    2024: 4,780 t · 1.6%2025 est.: 3,700 t · 1.2%

  6. 6🇵🇭Philippines

    2024: 3,100 t · 1.0%2025 est.: 3,700 t · 1.2%

  7. 7🇨🇦Canada

    2024: 3,350 t · 1.1%2025 est.: 3,500 t · 1.1%

  8. 8🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

    2024: 2,630 t · 0.87%2025 est.: 2,800 t · 0.90%

  9. 9🇨🇳China

    2024: 2,000 t · 0.66%2025 est.: 2,000 t · 0.65%

  10. 10🇨🇺Cuba

    2024: 3,450 t · 1.1%2025 est.: 2,000 t · 0.65%

  11. 11🇹🇷Türkiye

    2024: 2,200 t · 0.73%2025 est.: 1,900 t · 0.61%

  12. 12🇺🇸United States

    2024: 200 t · 0.07%2025 est.: 300 t · 0.10%

Rest of world

2024: 8,190 t · 2.7%2025 est.: 4,500 t · 1.5%