Steel Production by Country

Steel production by country shows how much raw steel is produced in each country, measured in tonnes. The figures refer to raw steel (crude steel) production, in line with the underlying sources. The statistics combine an Our World in Data series for the earlier years (2018-2024), 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 94 countries included in the underlying data during the period. USGS reports 2025 estimates for 11 countries, which produced a combined 1,593,000,000 tonnes in 2025; together with the "Other countries" value of 230,000,000 tonnes, this totals 1,823,000,000 tonnes, which is 77,000,000 tonnes below the reported World total of 1,900,000,000 tonnes in the source. Italy (21,000,000, 2024), Taiwan (19,000,000, 2024), Mexico (16,000,000, 2024), Canada (12,000,000, 2024), and Ukraine (6,000,000, 2024) retain their 2024 values from the earlier series.

Largest Steel-Producing Countries in 2025

China produced the most raw steel in 2025 with 980,000,000 tonnes. India ranked second with 160,000,000, followed by the United States (82,000,000), Japan (81,000,000), Russia (65,000,000), South Korea (60,000,000), Germany (38,000,000), Türkiye (37,000,000), Brazil (35,000,000), Iran (32,000,000), and Vietnam (23,000,000).

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#	Country	Latest Data (tonnes)	Year
1	China CN	980,000,000	2025
2	India IN	160,000,000	2025
3	United States US	82,000,000	2025
4	Japan JP	81,000,000	2025
5	Russia RU	65,000,000	2025
6	South Korea KR	60,000,000	2025
7	Germany DE	38,000,000	2025
8	Türkiye TR	37,000,000	2025
9	Brazil BR	35,000,000	2025
10	Iran IR	32,000,000	2025
11	Vietnam VN	23,000,000	2025
12	Italy IT	21,000,000	2024
13	Taiwan TW	19,000,000	2024
14	Indonesia ID	16,800,000	2023
15	Mexico MX	16,000,000	2024
16	Canada CA	12,000,000	2024
17	Spain ES	11,435,400	2023
18	Egypt EG	10,353,600	2023
19	France FR	10,010,700	2023
20	Saudi Arabia SA	9,940,400	2023
21	Malaysia MY	7,504,000	2023
22	Austria AT	7,133,100	2023
23	Poland PL	6,522,172	2023
24	Ukraine UA	6,000,000	2024
25	Belgium BE	5,863,600	2023
26	United Kingdom GB	5,616,500	2023
27	Australia AU	5,459,200	2023
28	Pakistan PK	5,337,000	2023
29	Thailand TH	4,976,300	2023
30	Argentina AR	4,928,000	2023
31	South Africa ZA	4,871,000	2023
32	Netherlands NL	4,676,300	2023
33	Algeria DZ	4,421,000	2023
34	Slovakia SK	4,376,900	2023
35	Sweden SE	4,258,400	2023
36	Kazakhstan KZ	3,923,304	2023
37	United Arab Emirates AE	3,772,500	2023
38	Finland FI	3,506,000	2023
39	Czech Republic CZ	3,400,000	2023
40	Oman OM	2,900,000	2023
41	Iraq IQ	2,755,000	2023
42	Belarus BY	2,300,000	2023
43	Portugal PT	2,039,700	2023
44	Luxembourg LU	1,900,000	2023
45	Peru PE	1,730,500	2023
46	Philippines PH	1,650,000	2023
47	Romania RO	1,646,634	2023
48	Serbia RS	1,454,000	2023
49	Morocco MA	1,397,000	2023
50	Colombia CO	1,394,000	2023
51	Bahrain BH	1,265,563	2023
52	Switzerland CH	1,200,000	2023
53	Chile CL	1,193,000	2023
54	Greece GR	1,181,000	2023
55	Qatar QA	1,146,437	2023
56	Kuwait KW	1,000,000	2023
57	Uzbekistan UZ	1,000,000	2023
58	Libya LY	902,200	2023
59	Norway NO	689,900	2023
60	Nigeria NG	650,000	2023
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	620,000	2023
62	New Zealand NZ	554,500	2023
63	Slovenia SI	526,100	2023
64	Moldova MD	500,000	2023
65	Bulgaria BG	489,100	2023
66	Hungary HU	477,300	2023
67	Ecuador EC	474,300	2023
68	Singapore SG	465,200	2023
69	Kenya KE	450,000	2023
70	Ghana GH	400,000	2023
71	Myanmar MM	400,000	2023
72	North Korea KP	347,000	2023
73	Azerbaijan AZ	323,611	2023
74	North Macedonia MK	301,768	2023
75	Israel IL	300,000	2023
76	Jordan JO	300,000	2023
77	Guatemala GT	241,300	2023
78	Croatia HR	212,433	2023
79	Angola AO	190,000	2023
80	Cuba CU	175,400	2023
81	El Salvador SV	77,500	2023
82	Tunisia TN	69,000	2023
83	Dominican Republic DO	60,000	2023
84	Mongolia MN	50,000	2023
85	Uruguay UY	48,300	2023
86	DR Congo CD	30,000	2023
87	Sri Lanka LK	30,000	2023
88	Uganda UG	30,000	2023
89	Venezuela VE	27,400	2023
90	Paraguay PY	21,200	2023
91	Mauritania MR	5,000	2023
92	Montenegro ME	5,000	2023
93	Zimbabwe ZW	4,500	2023
94	Syria SY	0	2023

China alone accounted for about 52 percent of the World total in 2025, and China and India together for about 60 percent; the top three countries accounted for about 64 percent. China's output was about 6.1 times that of India. Four countries produced at least 80 million tonnes in 2025.

Steel Production Around the World

In Asia, China (980,000,000) leads by a wide margin, ahead of India (160,000,000), Japan (81,000,000), South Korea (60,000,000), and Vietnam (23,000,000); Taiwan (19,000,000, 2024) retains a 2024 value. In the Middle East, Iran (32,000,000) is the largest producer, alongside Türkiye (37,000,000) in Europe and Western Asia.

In Europe, Russia (65,000,000) is the largest producer, ahead of Germany (38,000,000) and Türkiye (37,000,000); Italy (21,000,000, 2024) and Ukraine (6,000,000, 2024) retain 2024 values, alongside Spain (11.4 million, 2023) and France (10.0 million, 2023). In the Americas, the United States (82,000,000) leads, ahead of Brazil (35,000,000), Mexico (16,000,000, 2024), and Canada (12,000,000, 2024). In Oceania, Australia (5,459,000, 2023) is the only listed producer. In Africa, Egypt (10,353,600, 2023) leads, ahead of South Africa (4,871,000, 2023) and Algeria (4,421,000, 2023).

Largest Changes in Steel Production, 2024-2025

India recorded the largest increase, rising from 150,000,000 tonnes in 2024 to 160,000,000 in 2025 (up 10,000,000, about 7 percent). The United States rose from 79,500,000 to 82,000,000 (up 2,500,000, about 3 percent), Brazil by 1,000,000, Germany by 1,000,000, Iran by 1,000,000, and Vietnam by 1,000,000. Türkiye (37,000,000) held its level.

The largest decline came from China, falling from 1,010,000,000 to 980,000,000 tonnes (down 30,000,000, about 3 percent). Russia fell from 71,000,000 to 65,000,000 (down 6,000,000, about 8 percent), South Korea by 4,000,000, and Japan by 3,000,000.

The World total rose from 1,880,000,000 to 1,900,000,000 tonnes (up 20,000,000, about 1.1 percent); the World total is reported separately from the country figures in the source.

Where the earlier series provided a 2024 value, the revisions are visible: China was revised up from 990,000,000 to 1,010,000,000 tonnes, the United States down from 81,000,000 to 79,500,000, Germany up from 35,000,000 to 37,000,000, Russia down from 75,000,000 to 71,000,000, Türkiye up from 32,000,000 to 37,000,000, Vietnam up from 19,000,000 to 22,000,000, and Iran down from 33,000,000 to 31,000,000.

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#	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	China	929,038,400	996,342,000	1,060,000,000	1,030,000,000	1,020,000,000	1,020,000,000	1,010,000,000	980,000,000
2	India	109,272,000	111,350,700	100,000,000	118,000,000	125,000,000	141,000,000	150,000,000	160,000,000
3	Japan	104,318,836	99,284,114	83,000,000	96,000,000	89,000,000	87,000,000	84,000,000	81,000,000
4	United States	86,607,400	87,761,200	73,000,000	86,000,000	81,000,000	81,000,000	79,500,000	82,000,000
5	Russia	74,144,495	73,680,000	72,000,000	76,000,000	72,000,000	76,000,000	71,000,000	65,000,000
6	South Korea	72,464,000	71,411,000	67,000,000	71,000,000	66,000,000	67,000,000	64,000,000	60,000,000
7	Germany	42,435,000	39,627,300	40,000,000	40,000,000	37,000,000	35,000,000	37,000,000	38,000,000
8	Türkiye	37,311,700	33,743,100	36,000,000	40,000,000	35,000,000	34,000,000	37,000,000	37,000,000
9	Brazil	35,407,000	32,569,000	31,000,000	36,000,000	34,000,000	32,000,000	34,000,000	35,000,000
10	Italy	24,495,800	23,190,400	20,000,000	24,000,000	22,000,000	21,000,000	21,000,000	-
11	Taiwan	22,290,000	21,322,000	21,000,000	23,000,000	21,000,000	19,000,000	19,000,000	-
12	Ukraine	21,100,500	20,848,200	21,000,000	21,000,000	6,000,000	6,000,000	6,000,000	-
13	Mexico	20,440,000	18,692,000	17,000,000	18,000,000	18,000,000	16,000,000	16,000,000	-
14	Iran	19,344,198	20,938,860	29,000,000	28,000,000	30,000,000	31,000,000	31,000,000	32,000,000
15	France	15,387,355	14,449,651	11,595,698	13,946,700	12,118,600	10,010,700	-	-
16	Spain	14,320,500	13,587,700	10,998,400	14,204,900	11,573,100	11,435,400	-	-
17	Canada	13,443,100	12,897,000	11,078,000	12,976,300	12,000,000	12,000,000	12,000,000	-
18	Vietnam	12,755,500	18,342,300	17,000,000	23,000,000	20,000,000	19,000,000	22,000,000	23,000,000
19	Poland	10,336,483	9,123,107	7,855,900	8,552,506	7,521,057	6,522,172	-	-
20	Saudi Arabia	8,187,000	8,191,000	7,775,000	8,735,000	9,860,200	9,940,400	-	-
21	Belgium	7,980,000	7,760,000	6,120,000	6,910,000	7,030,400	5,863,600	-	-
22	Egypt	7,806,800	7,257,000	8,228,700	10,293,500	9,818,500	10,353,600	-	-
23	United Kingdom	7,267,700	7,218,100	7,085,700	7,221,600	5,962,800	5,616,500	-	-
24	Austria	6,885,000	7,423,500	6,765,100	7,884,000	7,512,200	7,133,100	-	-
25	Netherlands	6,813,000	6,656,900	6,053,700	6,620,400	6,143,000	4,676,300	-	-
26	Thailand	6,402,500	4,246,000	4,467,200	5,472,900	5,316,400	4,976,300	-	-
27	South Africa	6,327,300	6,151,700	3,876,500	5,019,500	4,402,500	4,871,000	-	-
28	Indonesia	6,183,000	8,564,800	12,871,400	14,834,800	15,567,900	16,800,000	-	-
29	Australia	5,775,000	5,493,000	5,489,000	5,822,000	5,667,200	5,459,200	-	-
30	Argentina	5,161,700	4,644,500	3,651,100	4,875,300	5,094,000	4,928,000	-	-
31	Czech Republic	4,966,000	4,600,000	2,900,000	4,700,000	4,200,000	3,400,000	-	-
32	Slovakia	4,947,000	3,930,800	3,443,500	4,862,800	3,872,200	4,376,900	-	-
33	Pakistan	4,719,000	3,304,000	3,803,000	5,437,700	6,013,000	5,337,000	-	-
34	Sweden	4,655,100	4,721,100	4,408,700	4,678,300	4,404,200	4,258,400	-	-
35	Malaysia	4,108,500	6,948,500	6,618,500	6,739,100	7,206,600	7,504,000	-	-
36	Finland	4,100,000	3,511,000	3,482,000	4,322,000	3,462,000	3,506,000	-	-
37	Kazakhstan	4,005,982	4,130,601	4,009,402	4,526,071	3,370,999	3,923,304	-	-
38	Romania	3,529,286	3,421,199	2,818,866	3,390,661	2,626,284	1,646,634	-	-
39	United Arab Emirates	3,247,500	3,326,600	2,722,000	2,997,500	3,696,400	3,772,500	-	-
40	Qatar	2,575,000	2,558,000	1,218,100	1,001,801	1,081,916	1,146,437	-	-
41	Belarus	2,572,862	2,717,705	2,559,577	2,473,681	2,070,000	2,300,000	-	-
42	Algeria	2,300,000	2,400,000	3,000,000	3,491,300	4,300,000	4,421,000	-	-
43	Luxembourg	2,228,000	2,119,000	1,886,000	2,073,000	1,875,000	1,900,000	-	-
44	Portugal	2,215,300	2,032,800	2,202,800	1,953,000	1,854,900	2,039,700	-	-
45	Oman	2,000,000	2,000,000	2,500,000	2,800,000	2,900,000	2,900,000	-	-
46	Hungary	1,989,000	1,769,000	1,513,000	1,099,800	857,200	477,300	-	-
47	Serbia	1,973,400	1,929,400	1,455,700	1,667,400	1,674,100	1,454,000	-	-
48	Switzerland	1,561,826	1,325,000	1,175,000	1,291,100	1,205,900	1,200,000	-	-
49	Philippines	1,474,800	1,915,000	892,300	1,554,800	1,600,000	1,650,000	-	-
50	Greece	1,467,000	1,350,000	1,408,000	1,498,000	1,543,000	1,181,000	-	-
51	Kuwait	1,300,000	1,270,000	1,300,000	1,300,000	900,000	1,000,000	-	-
52	Colombia	1,219,000	1,332,800	1,148,900	1,338,000	1,320,000	1,394,000	-	-
53	Peru	1,216,500	1,230,400	730,700	1,234,100	1,765,200	1,730,500	-	-
54	Chile	1,145,000	1,133,000	1,157,000	1,318,000	1,151,000	1,193,000	-	-
55	North Korea	810,000	680,000	707,000	598,000	289,000	347,000	-	-
56	Bahrain	720,000	800,000	900,000	1,167,300	1,170,300	1,265,563	-	-
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	677,443	800,600	740,194	774,832	653,246	620,000	-	-
58	Bulgaria	666,100	565,900	483,800	547,500	481,500	489,100	-	-
59	Slovenia	653,800	623,200	585,200	661,900	601,256	526,100	-	-
60	New Zealand	651,800	667,100	585,700	645,700	569,934	554,500	-	-
61	Nigeria	650,000	650,000	650,000	650,000	650,000	650,000	-	-
62	Uzbekistan	646,000	666,000	939,200	1,050,000	950,000	1,000,000	-	-
63	Singapore	618,200	549,700	419,500	567,900	547,500	465,200	-	-
64	Ecuador	583,400	606,800	482,200	611,600	536,300	474,300	-	-
65	Norway	574,600	620,800	623,800	622,500	703,900	689,900	-	-
66	Morocco	520,000	800,000	1,000,000	1,050,000	1,550,000	1,397,000	-	-
67	Moldova	497,200	392,100	465,000	570,000	560,000	500,000	-	-
68	Ghana	400,000	400,000	400,000	400,000	400,000	400,000	-	-
69	Libya	396,342	606,153	538,176	651,700	687,800	902,200	-	-
70	Azerbaijan	381,617	325,895	264,506	308,402	391,865	323,611	-	-
71	Kenya	375,000	400,000	385,000	485,000	450,000	450,000	-	-
72	Jordan	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000	350,000	300,000	-	-
73	Israel	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	-	-
74	Myanmar	300,000	350,000	350,000	400,000	400,000	400,000	-	-
75	Guatemala	299,700	305,700	242,600	306,900	271,100	241,300	-	-
76	Angola	275,000	290,000	250,000	275,000	270,000	190,000	-	-
77	North Macedonia	269,658	262,144	236,520	271,811	303,409	301,768	-	-
78	Cuba	225,400	229,900	185,200	230,800	200,400	175,400	-	-
79	Iraq	200,000	1,800,000	1,980,000	2,750,000	3,300,000	2,755,000	-	-
80	Croatia	135,800	69,126	45,273	185,143	169,135	212,433	-	-
81	Venezuela	129,000	50,800	29,200	29,400	27,100	27,400	-	-
82	El Salvador	99,200	102,200	81,600	102,800	88,900	77,500	-	-
83	Tunisia	80,000	60,000	77,600	85,100	75,500	69,000	-	-
84	Dominican Republic	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	-	-
85	Uruguay	60,000	62,300	49,100	62,800	54,900	48,300	-	-
86	Mongolia	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	-	-
87	DR Congo	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	-	-
88	Sri Lanka	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	-	-
89	Uganda	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	-	-
90	Montenegro	26,552	24,262	19,364	3,042	5,000	5,000	-	-
91	Paraguay	25,300	26,300	23,300	26,500	23,600	21,200	-	-
92	Mauritania	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	-	-
93	Syria	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	0	0	-	-
94	Zimbabwe	1322	3,583	5,196	3,921	4,000	4,500	-	-

Methodology

The earlier figures come from Our World in Data, which compiles national raw steel production figures from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 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 2018-2024. The 2024 and 2025 figures are estimates from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 where available; countries not reported individually keep their latest available values from the earlier series, mostly from 2023. Values refer to raw steel (crude steel) production, in tonnes, and 2025 figures are preliminary estimates from the source. The source reports production in million-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.