Rankings · Resources

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.

Producers listed
17
Highest
980 Mt
Lowest
7.7 Mt
Observed
2025

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 1🇦🇺Australia

    980 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  2. 2🇧🇷Brazil

    420 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  3. 3🇮🇳India

    310 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  4. 4🇨🇳China

    290 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  5. 5🇮🇷Iran

    93 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  6. 6🇷🇺Russia

    86 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  7. 7🇨🇦Canada

    69 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  8. 8🇿🇦South Africa

    66 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  9. 9🇺🇦Ukraine

    52 Mt  ·  observed 2025

  10. 10🇺🇸United States

    38 Mt  ·  observed 2025

Every listed producer

Figures are tonnes of mine production.

The USGS names only the producers it lists; a nation absent here is not recorded as producing none — any output elsewhere sits inside the published world total. For each producer’s share of world production, and the honest “Rest of world” remainder, see the commodity page.

  1. 1🇦🇺Australia980 Mt · 2025
  2. 2🇧🇷Brazil420 Mt · 2025
  3. 3🇮🇳India310 Mt · 2025
  4. 4🇨🇳China290 Mt · 2025
  5. 5🇮🇷Iran93 Mt · 2025
  6. 6🇷🇺Russia86 Mt · 2025
  7. 7🇨🇦Canada69 Mt · 2025
  8. 8🇿🇦South Africa66 Mt · 2025
  9. 9🇺🇦Ukraine52 Mt · 2025
  10. 10🇺🇸United States38 Mt · 2025
  11. 11🇰🇿Kazakhstan35 Mt · 2025
  12. 12🇸🇪Sweden26 Mt · 2025
  13. 13🇵🇪Peru21 Mt · 2025
  14. 14🇨🇱Chile19 Mt · 2025
  15. 15🇹🇷Türkiye18 Mt · 2025
  16. 16🇲🇷Mauritania15 Mt · 2025
  17. 17🇲🇽Mexico7.7 Mt · 2025