Chromium Reserves by Country

Every reported chromium reserve value fell in 2025, with declines ranging from 44.3% to 92.6%. The source is the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026, which report estimated quantities that can be economically extracted. Listed reserves totaled 338,330 thousand metric tons in 2025.

South Africa (110,000 thousand metric tons) and Kazakhstan (100,000) now sit just 10,000 apart after reporting 350,000 and 230,000 a year earlier. Zimbabwe (78,000) follows, with India (27,000) far behind — the top of the ranking was compressed, not just lowered. USGS puts the world total above 540,000 thousand metric tons.

Chromium Reserves by Country

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#	Country	2025 (thousand metric tons)
1	South Africa ZA	110,000
2	Kazakhstan KZ	100,000
3	Zimbabwe ZW	78,000
4	India IN	27,000
5	Finland FI	16,000
6	Türkiye TR	5,700
7	Brazil BR	1000
8	United States US	630

All eight reported values fell in 2025 — together removing about 62.5% of the previous year's listed total.

A table-wide fall

South Africa dropped 240,000 thousand metric tons (-68.6%), Kazakhstan 130,000 (-56.5%), Zimbabwe 62,000 (-44.3%), India 52,000 (-65.8%), Finland 47,000 (-74.6%), Türkiye 21,300 (-78.9%), the United States 7,870 (-92.6%) and Brazil 2,900 (-74.4%). Together the eight falls removed 563,070 thousand metric tons — about 62.5% of the previous year's listed total.

The spike before the fall

The 2025 figures look less abrupt against 2024: South Africa had jumped from 200,000 to 350,000 that year, Finland from 8,300 to 63,000 — more than sevenfold — and Zimbabwe (140,000) and Brazil (3,900) appeared for the first time. Much of the 2025 decline came from values that had risen or appeared only a year earlier.

The United States shows the clearest reversal, rising from 630 to 8,500 in 2024 before returning to 630 in 2025.

Small holders hit hardest in percentage terms

The three smallest 2025 figures — the United States (630), Brazil (1,000) and Türkiye (5,700) — each lost more than seven-tenths of their 2024 value. Kazakhstan, flat at 230,000 for seven straight years before falling to 100,000, shows the larger holders were not spared either; every tier of the ranking fell together.

Chromium Reserves by Country

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#	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	South Africa	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	350,000	110,000
2	Kazakhstan	230,000	230,000	230,000	230,000	230,000	230,000	230,000	100,000
3	Zimbabwe	-	-	-	-	-	-	140,000	78,000
4	India	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	79,000	79,000	27,000
5	Finland	-	13,000	13,000	13,000	8,300	8,300	63,000	16,000
6	Türkiye	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	27,000	27,000	5,700
7	Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,900	1000
8	United States	620	620	620	620	630	630	8,500	630

Methodology

Figures come from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026, with 2025 values estimated. Units are thousand metric tons, as reported by USGS. 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.