Who supplies the world

Copper

Copper mined from ore, by metal content. The latest year is a USGS estimate; the year before it is the reported figure.

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.
23 Mt
World total · 2024
23 Mt
Producers listed
14
Top three · 2025 est.
49%

The three largest producers — Chile, DR Congo and Peru — account for 49% of the 2025 world estimate of 23 Mt.

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🇨🇱Chile

    2024: 5.5 Mt · 24%2025 est.: 5.3 Mt · 23%

  2. 2🇨🇩DR Congo

    2024: 3.0 Mt · 13%2025 est.: 3.2 Mt · 14%

  3. 3🇵🇪Peru

    2024: 2.7 Mt · 12%2025 est.: 2.7 Mt · 12%

  4. 4🇨🇳China

    2024: 1.8 Mt · 8.0%2025 est.: 1.8 Mt · 7.8%

  5. 5🇷🇺Russia

    2024: 1.0 Mt · 4.4%2025 est.: 1.3 Mt · 5.7%

  6. 6🇺🇸United States

    2024: 1.1 Mt · 4.6%2025 est.: 1.0 Mt · 4.3%

  7. 7🇿🇲Zambia

    2024: 823 kt · 3.6%2025 est.: 940 kt · 4.1%

  8. 8🇦🇺Australia

    2024: 765 kt · 3.3%2025 est.: 730 kt · 3.2%

  9. 9🇮🇩Indonesia

    2024: 1.0 Mt · 4.4%2025 est.: 710 kt · 3.1%

  10. 10🇰🇿Kazakhstan

    2024: 724 kt · 3.1%2025 est.: 710 kt · 3.1%

  11. 11🇲🇽Mexico

    2024: 717 kt · 3.1%2025 est.: 690 kt · 3.0%

  12. 12🇨🇦Canada

    2024: 515 kt · 2.2%2025 est.: 500 kt · 2.2%

  13. 13🇵🇱Poland

    2024: 400 kt · 1.7%2025 est.: 410 kt · 1.8%

  14. 14🇮🇳India

    2024: 27.0 kt · 0.12%2025 est.: 23.0 kt · 0.10%

Rest of world

2024: 2.9 Mt · 12%2025 est.: 3.0 Mt · 13%