Iron: usable ore production worldwide 2021

In 2021, the total volume of usable iron ore produced worldwide amounted to an estimated 2.6 billion metric tons. The leading iron ore producing country that year was Australia, which produced 900 million metric tons of usable iron ore. Based on iron content, global production amounted to 1.6 billion metric tons in 2021.

Production volume of usable iron ore worldwide from 2006 to 2021 (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	Gross weight production in million metric tons
2021*	2,600
2020	2,470
2019	2,450
2018	2,460
2017	2,430
2016	2,350
2015	2,320
2014	2,340
2013	2,200
2012	2,070
2011	2,030
2010	1,870
2009	2,220
2008	2,210
2007	2,040
2006	1,830

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Release date

January 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2006 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* Estimated.
Gross weight: represents total for all iron ore products used in steelmaking, unless otherwise noted, produced in the country, excluding agglomerates produced from imported iron ore.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the mineral yearbook.

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