Phosphate Rock Production by Country

Phosphate rock production by country measures how much phosphate rock each country mines, expressed in tonnes. The figures refer to mine production of phosphate rock (marketable), in line with the underlying sources. The statistics combine an Our World in Data series for the earlier years (2019-2023), built from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and the BGS World Mineral Statistics, with 2024 and 2025 estimates taken directly from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. The table covers 38 countries with recorded phosphate rock production during the period. USGS reports 2025 estimates for 24 countries, which produced a combined 244,880,000 tonnes in 2025; together with the "Other countries" value of 770,000 tonnes, this totals 245,650,000 tonnes, below the reported World total of 250,000,000 tonnes in the source. The remaining countries carry their latest available values from 2023 or earlier.

Largest Phosphate Rock-Producing Countries in 2025

China produced the most phosphate rock in 2025 with 110,000,000 tonnes. Morocco ranked second with 36,000,000, followed by the United States (20,000,000), Russia (14,000,000), Jordan (12,000,000), and Saudi Arabia (10,000,000). Egypt (5,500,000), Brazil (5,000,000), Peru (4,800,000), and Tunisia (3,300,000) complete the top ten.

Phosphate Rock Production by Country

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#	Country	Latest Data (tonnes)	Year
1	China CN	110,000,000	2025
2	Morocco MA	36,000,000	2025
3	United States US	20,000,000	2025
4	Russia RU	14,000,000	2025
5	Jordan JO	12,000,000	2025
6	Saudi Arabia SA	10,000,000	2025
7	Egypt EG	5,500,000	2025
8	Brazil BR	5,000,000	2025
9	Peru PE	4,800,000	2025
10	Tunisia TN	3,300,000	2025
11	Vietnam VN	3,000,000	2025
12	Senegal SN	2,800,000	2025
13	Australia AU	2,500,000	2025
14	Israel IL	2,400,000	2025
15	South Africa ZA	2,200,000	2025
16	Algeria DZ	2,000,000	2025
17	Kazakhstan KZ	1,900,000	2025
18	Togo TG	1,600,000	2025
19	India IN	1,500,000	2025
20	Türkiye TR	1,200,000	2025
21	Finland FI	980,000	2025
22	Uzbekistan UZ	950,000	2025
23	Syria SY	800,000	2025
24	Mexico MX	450,000	2025
25	Nauru NR	260,000	2023
26	Pakistan PK	190,000	2023
27	Mali ML	100,000	2023
28	Iran IR	90,000	2023
29	Venezuela VE	70,000	2023
30	Sri Lanka LK	46,664	2023
31	Tanzania TZ	31,745	2023
32	Chile CL	7,415	2023
33	Zimbabwe ZW	5,594	2023
34	Burkina Faso BF	0	2023
35	Colombia CO	0	2023
36	Cuba CU	0	2023
37	Iraq IQ	0	2023
38	Malawi MW	0	2023

China alone accounted for about 44 percent of the World total in 2025, and China and Morocco together for about 58 percent; the top three countries accounted for about 66 percent. China's output was about 3.1 times that of Morocco. Six countries produced at least 10 million tonnes in 2025.

Phosphate Rock Production Around the World

In Africa, Morocco (36,000,000) leads, ahead of Egypt (5,500,000), Tunisia (3,300,000), Senegal (2,800,000), Algeria (2,000,000), South Africa (2,200,000), and Togo (1,600,000).

In Asia, China (110,000,000) leads by a wide margin, ahead of Vietnam (3,000,000), India (1,500,000), and Kazakhstan (1,900,000, in Central Asia). In the Middle East, Jordan (12,000,000) leads, ahead of Saudi Arabia (10,000,000), Israel (2,400,000), and Syria (800,000).

In Europe, Russia (14,000,000) is the largest producer, ahead of Türkiye (1,200,000) and Finland (980,000). In the Americas, the United States (20,000,000) leads, ahead of Brazil (5,000,000), Peru (4,800,000), and Mexico (450,000). In Oceania, Australia (2,500,000) is the only listed producer.

Largest Changes in Phosphate Rock Production, 2024-2025

China recorded the largest increase, rising from 105,000,000 tonnes in 2024 to 110,000,000 in 2025 (up 5,000,000, about 5 percent). Morocco rose from 35,300,000 to 36,000,000 (up 700,000), the United States from 19,400,000 to 20,000,000 (up 600,000), Jordan by 500,000, Kazakhstan by 200,000, Egypt by 200,000, Togo by 40,000, Israel by 20,000, Tunisia by 20,000, Finland by 6,000, and Mexico by 85,000.

Russia recorded the largest decline, falling from 14,400,000 to 14,000,000 tonnes (down 400,000, about 3 percent). Brazil fell from 5,300,000 to 5,000,000 (down 300,000, about 6 percent), India from 1,700,000 to 1,500,000 (down 200,000, about 12 percent), South Africa by 20,000, and Türkiye by 20,000.

The World total rose from 239,000,000 to 250,000,000 tonnes (up 11,000,000, about 4.6 percent). China contributed 5,000,000 tonnes of the increase, about 45 percent of it.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	China	93,324,000	88,000,000	90,000,000	93,000,000	90,000,000	105,000,000	110,000,000
2	Morocco	35,300,000	37,400,000	38,100,000	39,000,000	35,000,000	35,300,000	36,000,000
3	United States	23,300,000	23,500,000	21,600,000	19,800,000	20,000,000	19,400,000	20,000,000
4	Russia	13,800,000	14,000,000	14,000,000	14,000,000	14,000,000	14,400,000	14,000,000
5	Peru	11,091,502	3,300,000	4,200,000	4,200,000	4,200,000	4,800,000	4,800,000
6	Jordan	9,223,346	8,940,000	10,000,000	11,300,000	12,000,000	11,500,000	12,000,000
7	Saudi Arabia	5,716,000	8,000,000	9,200,000	9,000,000	8,500,000	10,000,000	10,000,000
8	Vietnam	4,489,600	4,500,000	4,500,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	3,000,000	3,000,000
9	Tunisia	4,108,800	3,190,000	3,730,000	3,560,000	3,600,000	3,280,000	3,300,000
10	Egypt	3,378,000	4,800,000	5,000,000	5,000,000	4,800,000	5,300,000	5,500,000
11	Brazil	3,029,180	6,000,000	6,000,000	6,200,000	5,300,000	5,300,000	5,000,000
12	Israel	2,649,800	3,090,000	2,430,000	2,170,000	2,500,000	2,380,000	2,400,000
13	Senegal	2,295,975	1,600,000	2,100,000	2,600,000	2,500,000	2,800,000	2,800,000
14	South Africa	1,825,719	1,800,000	2,130,000	1,990,000	1,600,000	2,220,000	2,200,000
15	India	1,400,186	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,740,000	1,500,000	1,700,000	1,500,000
16	Algeria	1,338,400	1,200,000	1,400,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	2,000,000	2,000,000
17	Kazakhstan	1,274,000	1,300,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	2,000,000	1,700,000	1,900,000
18	Finland	994,572	995,000	990,000	923,000	950,000	974,000	980,000
19	Australia	720,615	2,000,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000
20	Togo	703,773	942,000	1,000,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,560,000	1,600,000
21	Uzbekistan	588,600	900,000	900,000	900,000	900,000	950,000	950,000
22	Mexico	565,600	577,000	488,000	442,000	500,000	365,000	450,000
23	Syria	350,000	420,000	1,100,000	1,100,000	800,000	800,000	800,000
24	Türkiye	315,215	600,000	600,000	900,000	800,000	1,220,000	1,200,000
25	Iraq	300,000	300,000	0	0	0	-	-
26	Iran	119,227	96,160	83,900	95,430	90,000	-	-
27	Mali	110,000	57,600	65,000	100,000	100,000	-	-
28	Pakistan	96,208	87,724	120,216	187,000	190,000	-	-
29	Colombia	81,903	56,846	51,353	41,467	0	-	-
30	Nauru	81,500	119,498	274,423	260,276	260,000	-	-
31	Venezuela	70,000	70,000	70,000	70,000	70,000	-	-
32	Sri Lanka	47,438	52,103	68,217	35,309	46,664	-	-
33	Zimbabwe	14,649	9,192	15,850	20,022	5,594	-	-
34	Burkina Faso	1800	2,803	2,444	463	0	-	-
35	Malawi	1753	0	0	0	0	-	-
36	Tanzania	0	28,376	24,493	26,597	31,745	-	-
37	Chile	0	0	0	0	7,415	-	-
38	Cuba	0	1600	1400	1100	0	-	-

Methodology

The earlier figures come from Our World in Data, which compiles national phosphate rock production figures from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the USGS Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities, and the BGS World Mineral Statistics, with major processing by Our World in Data; USGS data is prioritized, with BGS data used to supplement it. The earlier series covers 2019-2023. The 2024 and 2025 figures are estimates from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 where available; countries not reported individually keep their latest available Our World in Data values from 2023 or earlier. Values refer to mine production of marketable phosphate rock, in tonnes, and 2025 figures are preliminary estimates from the source. The source reports production in thousand-ton units for 2024-2025; values here are expressed in tonnes. The sum of individually reported country estimates does not equal the reported World total because the source applies rounding and other adjustments at the country and World levels. In the table, a zero reflects no production, while an empty cell means that no value was reported.