Who supplies the world

Zinc

Zinc mined, by metal content of concentrates and direct-shipping ores. 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.
13 Mt
World total · 2024
12 Mt
Producers listed
10
Top three · 2025 est.
52%

The three largest producers — China, Peru and Australia — account for 52% of the 2025 world estimate of 13 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🇨🇳China

    2024: 4.0 Mt · 34%2025 est.: 4.1 Mt · 32%

  2. 2🇵🇪Peru

    2024: 1.3 Mt · 11%2025 est.: 1.5 Mt · 12%

  3. 3🇦🇺Australia

    2024: 1.1 Mt · 9.2%2025 est.: 1.1 Mt · 8.5%

  4. 4🇮🇳India

    2024: 866 kt · 7.3%2025 est.: 870 kt · 6.7%

  5. 5🇲🇽Mexico

    2024: 773 kt · 6.5%2025 est.: 780 kt · 6.0%

  6. 6🇺🇸United States

    2024: 759 kt · 6.4%2025 est.: 670 kt · 5.2%

  7. 7🇧🇴Bolivia

    2024: 512 kt · 4.3%2025 est.: 500 kt · 3.8%

  8. 8🇷🇺Russia

    2024: 310 kt · 2.6%2025 est.: 430 kt · 3.3%

  9. 9🇰🇿Kazakhstan

    2024: 375 kt · 3.2%2025 est.: 360 kt · 2.8%

  10. 10🇸🇪Sweden

    2024: 239 kt · 2.0%2025 est.: 230 kt · 1.8%

Rest of world

2024: 1.7 Mt · 14%2025 est.: 2.5 Mt · 19%