Antimony Reserves by Country

China reported 480,000 metric tons of antimony reserves for four straight years, cut the figure to 350,000 in 2022, then climbed to 830,000 by 2025. The figures come from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026 and represent quantities considered economically recoverable under applicable conditions. Reserves are a stock measure, not the amount mined during a single year. The table covers 13 countries, all with reported 2025 values, and listed reserves totalled 2,395,000 metric tons in 2025.

China's 830,000 metric tons sit 480,000 above second-ranked Russia (350,000) — a gap larger than the entire reserves of any other country in the table. Russia and Bolivia (310,000) follow at a distance, with Kyrgyzstan (260,000) fourth. The world total is given as more than 2,000,000 metric tons.

Antimony Reserves by Country

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#	Country	2025 (metric tons)
1	China CN	830,000
2	Russia RU	350,000
3	Bolivia BO	310,000
4	Kyrgyzstan KG	260,000
5	Myanmar MM	140,000
6	Australia AU	110,000
7	Türkiye TR	99,000
8	Canada CA	78,000
9	United States US	60,000
10	Tajikistan TJ	60,000
11	Vietnam VN	54,000
12	Pakistan PK	26,000
13	Mexico MX	18,000

Ten of thirteen values were unchanged from 2024; two increased and one fell.

China's dip and climb

China held its reported figure at 480,000 metric tons from 2018 through 2021, dropped it to 350,000 in 2022, then raised it to 640,000 in 2023, 670,000 in 2024 and finally 830,000 in 2025. The three-year climb from the 2022 low added 480,000 metric tons, equal to about 20% of the 2025 listed total.

The latest step, from 670,000 to 830,000 (+23.9%), was the largest absolute increase anywhere in the table in 2025.

Most of the table barely moved

Russia, Bolivia, Mexico and the United States kept the same reported figures throughout the 2018–2025 series; Kyrgyzstan and Canada have not moved since 2020, and Pakistan since 2019. Seven of the thirteen countries report the same figure as five years earlier.

That stillness makes China's movement decisive: its 480,000-metric-ton increase from 2022 to 2025 accounted for most of the net rise in the listed total over the same period.

China's gain outweighed Australia's decline

Ten of the thirteen values were unchanged in 2025. The exceptions pulled three ways: China added 160,000 metric tons and Tajikistan 10,000 (+20.0%), while Australia fell from 140,000 to 110,000 (-21.4%). Australia's drop erased its recovery to 140,000 and returned it below its 2022 figure of 120,000.

Antimony Reserves by Country

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#	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	China	480,000	480,000	480,000	480,000	350,000	640,000	670,000	830,000
2	Russia	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000
3	Bolivia	310,000	310,000	310,000	310,000	310,000	310,000	310,000	310,000
4	Kyrgyzstan	-	-	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000
5	Myanmar	-	-	-	140,000	140,000	140,000	140,000	140,000
6	Australia	140,000	140,000	140,000	100,000	120,000	140,000	140,000	110,000
7	Türkiye	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	99,000	99,000	99,000
8	Canada	-	-	78,000	78,000	78,000	78,000	78,000	78,000
9	United States	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000
10	Tajikistan	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	60,000
11	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	54,000	54,000
12	Pakistan	-	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000
13	Mexico	18,000	18,000	18,000	18,000	18,000	18,000	18,000	18,000

Methodology

Figures come from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026, with 2025 values estimated. Units are metric tons, exactly as reported. Empty means the source reported no value; 0 means the source reports zero. The source’s world total, where published, may be rounded, approximate, a lower bound, or a textual estimate, so shares are computed against the sum of the listed countries. Reserves and production are different measures and should not be combined without equalizing units.