Steel output of Axis European countries 1900-1945

During the early 20^th century, Germany was the largest producer of steel of Europe's Axis powers by a significant margin, and was also the largest steel producer in Europe when compared to Allied and neutral countries. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was the second largest producer of the Axis powers in Europe, before output fell drastically following its dissolution, and then Italy emerged as the second largest steel producer within the group. Iron and steel output among the other Axis nations was much lower in comparison; in the 1930s German trade with Eastern European countries had a significant impact on their economic structure, and the demand for agricultural products from these regions was much greater than the demand for metals.

Crude steel production in selected Axis European countries from 1900 to 1945 (in thousands of metric tons)

Characteristic	Austria	Germany	Italy
1945	172	-	395
1944	1,013	18,318	1,026
1943	1,054	20,758	1,727
1942	897	20,480	1,934
1941	804	20,836	2,063
1940	766	21,540	2,258
1939	780	23,733	2,283
1938	673	22,656	2,323
1937	650	19,849	2,087
1936	418	19,208	2,025
1935	364	16,447	2,209
1934	309	11,923	1,850
1933	226	7,617	1,771
1932	205	5,771	1,396
1931	323	8,291	1,409
1930	468	12,536	1,743
1929	632	16,245	2,122
1928	636	14,517	1,960
1927	551	16,311	1,596
1926	474	12,342	1,780
1925	464	12,195	1,786
1924	370	9,835	1,359
1923	500	6,305	1,142
1922	481	11,714	983
1921	297	9,997	700
1920	-	9,278	774
1919	-	7,847	732
1918	-	14,092	933
1917	-	15,501	1,332
1916	-	14,871	1,269
1915	-	12,278	1,009
1914	-	13,810	911
1913	2,611	17,609	934
1912	2,708	16,355	918
1911	2,348	14,303	736
1910	2,174	13,100	732
1909	1,963	11,515	662
1908	2,018	10,726	537
1907	1,731	11,619	430
1906	1,608	10,700	391
1905	1,459	9,669	270
1904	1,257	8,564	201
1903	1,162	8,430	187
1902	1,167	7,466	135
1901	1,099	6,137	129
1900	1,170	6,461	116

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Release date

December 1981

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

1900 to 1945

Supplementary notes

Notes per country are as follows:
Austria: Figures from 1900-1913 are for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Germany: Includes output from Alsace-Lorraine from 1900-1918. Excludes Saarland from 1921 to 1934. Includes eastern Upper Silesia from 1900-1922. Includes the Sudetenland from 1939-1944, and parts of Poland from 1940-1944.
ItalyFigures from 1900-1918 refer to the boundaries of 1871. Figures from 1919-1945 refer to the boundaries of 1924.

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