Who supplies the world

Nickel

Nickel mined, by metal content. 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.
3.9 Mt
World total · 2024
3.7 Mt
Producers listed
9
Top three · 2025 est.
79%

The three largest producers — Indonesia, Philippines and Russia — account for 79% of the 2025 world estimate of 3.9 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🇮🇩Indonesia

    2024: 2.3 Mt · 62%2025 est.: 2.6 Mt · 67%

  2. 2🇵🇭Philippines

    2024: 354 kt · 9.5%2025 est.: 270 kt · 6.9%

  3. 3🇷🇺Russia

    2024: 205 kt · 5.5%2025 est.: 200 kt · 5.1%

  4. 4🇨🇦Canada

    2024: 125 kt · 3.4%2025 est.: 140 kt · 3.6%

  5. 5🇳🇨New Caledonia

    2024: 116 kt · 3.1%2025 est.: 140 kt · 3.6%

  6. 6🇨🇳China

    2024: 115 kt · 3.1%2025 est.: 120 kt · 3.1%

  7. 7🇧🇷Brazil

    2024: 67.5 kt · 1.8%2025 est.: 70.0 kt · 1.8%

  8. 8🇦🇺Australia

    2024: 98.0 kt · 2.6%2025 est.: 45.0 kt · 1.2%

  9. 9🇺🇸United States

    2024: 7,490 t · 0.20%2025 est.: 10.0 kt · 0.26%

Rest of world

2024: 312 kt · 8.4%2025 est.: 305 kt · 7.8%