Who supplies the world

Iron ore

Iron ore mined, measured as usable ore rather than iron content — the larger of the two figures USGS publishes. The latest year is an estimate.

Figures are mine production — the MCS statistics row “Mine production: Usable ore” — 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.
2600 Mt
World total · 2024
2600 Mt
Producers listed
17
Top three · 2025 est.
66%

The three largest producers — Australia, Brazil and India — account for 66% of the 2025 world estimate of 2600 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🇦🇺Australia

    2024: 982 Mt · 38%2025 est.: 980 Mt · 38%

  2. 2🇧🇷Brazil

    2024: 428 Mt · 16%2025 est.: 420 Mt · 16%

  3. 3🇮🇳India

    2024: 282 Mt · 11%2025 est.: 310 Mt · 12%

  4. 4🇨🇳China

    2024: 293 Mt · 11%2025 est.: 290 Mt · 11%

  5. 5🇮🇷Iran

    2024: 90 Mt · 3.5%2025 est.: 93 Mt · 3.6%

  6. 6🇷🇺Russia

    2024: 91 Mt · 3.5%2025 est.: 86 Mt · 3.3%

  7. 7🇨🇦Canada

    2024: 70 Mt · 2.7%2025 est.: 69 Mt · 2.7%

  8. 8🇿🇦South Africa

    2024: 64 Mt · 2.5%2025 est.: 66 Mt · 2.5%

  9. 9🇺🇦Ukraine

    2024: 55 Mt · 2.1%2025 est.: 52 Mt · 2.0%

  10. 10🇺🇸United States

    2024: 45 Mt · 1.7%2025 est.: 38 Mt · 1.5%

  11. 11🇰🇿Kazakhstan

    2024: 37 Mt · 1.4%2025 est.: 35 Mt · 1.3%

  12. 12🇸🇪Sweden

    2024: 25 Mt · 0.96%2025 est.: 26 Mt · 1.0%

  13. 13🇵🇪Peru

    2024: 20 Mt · 0.76%2025 est.: 21 Mt · 0.81%

  14. 14🇨🇱Chile

    2024: 18 Mt · 0.69%2025 est.: 19 Mt · 0.73%

  15. 15🇹🇷Türkiye

    2024: 17 Mt · 0.65%2025 est.: 18 Mt · 0.69%

  16. 16🇲🇷Mauritania

    2024: 14 Mt · 0.55%2025 est.: 15 Mt · 0.58%

  17. 17🇲🇽Mexico

    2024: 7.8 Mt · 0.30%2025 est.: 7.7 Mt · 0.30%

Rest of world

2024: 61 Mt · 2.4%2025 est.: 54 Mt · 2.1%