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Rare earths

Rare-earth oxide equivalent mined. Mining is only the first step; separation and refining are concentrated more narrowly still. The latest year is an estimate.

Producers listed
12
Highest
270 kt
Lowest
110 t
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🇨🇳China

    270 kt  ·  observed 2025

  2. 2🇺🇸United States

    51.0 kt  ·  observed 2025

  3. 3🇦🇺Australia

    29.0 kt  ·  observed 2025

  4. 4🇲🇲Myanmar

    22.0 kt  ·  observed 2025

  5. 5🇹🇭Thailand

    4,800 t  ·  observed 2025

  6. 6🇮🇳India

    2,900 t  ·  observed 2025

  7. 7🇲🇬Madagascar

    2,700 t  ·  observed 2025

  8. 8🇷🇺Russia

    2,600 t  ·  observed 2025

  9. 9🇧🇷Brazil

    2,000 t  ·  observed 2025

  10. 10🇳🇬Nigeria

    1,500 t  ·  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🇨🇳China270 kt · 2025
  2. 2🇺🇸United States51.0 kt · 2025
  3. 3🇦🇺Australia29.0 kt · 2025
  4. 4🇲🇲Myanmar22.0 kt · 2025
  5. 5🇹🇭Thailand4,800 t · 2025
  6. 6🇮🇳India2,900 t · 2025
  7. 7🇲🇬Madagascar2,700 t · 2025
  8. 8🇷🇺Russia2,600 t · 2025
  9. 9🇧🇷Brazil2,000 t · 2025
  10. 10🇳🇬Nigeria1,500 t · 2025
  11. 11🇻🇳Vietnam150 t · 2025
  12. 12🇲🇾Malaysia110 t · 2025