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Ceramics industry worldwide - statistics & facts

Originating as rudimentary pottery and figurines produced using fired clay and other minerals more than 26,000 years ago, ceramics have come a long way to the modern forms and variations now available. Ceramic material refers to inorganic, non-metallic mineral materials that are brittle, hard, and formed using heat. Ceramics can withstand very high heat and chemical erosion, among other characteristics. There are a wide range of ceramic materials that are processed to have different properties which are suited to various applications, from everyday products to highly technical material solutions. The market value of ceramics worldwide is forecast to grow to nearly 408 billion U.S. dollars by 2025.

Ceramic tiles: an everyday application of ceramics

Ceramic tiles are one of the largest end-use categories of ceramics, with different forms suited to different applications such as flooring, roofing tiles, wall tiles, and mosaics. The total global ceramic tile production amounted to over 16 billion square meters in 2020. Asia is by far the world's largest ceramic tile producing region, with China alone accounting for nearly 53 percent of global production in 2020. On the consumption side, China (and Asia in a macro-regional comparison) was also the leading ceramic tile consuming nation in the world as of 2020.

Ceramics engineering and other uses of ceramics that are not tiles

Aside from ceramic tiles, the range of products and applications using ceramics is vast. Zirconium dioxide ceramic knives stay sharp much longer than metal knives, and ceramic dishes and pottery are durable and attractive, while porcelain is delicate and fine. Ceramic engineering and technical ceramics are where the ceramics industry goes from mundane to modern and high-tech. Thermal ceramics, for instance, are durable at temperatures of more than 2,000 degrees Celsius. Thermal ceramics are expected to have a global market value of nearly four billion U.S. dollars by 2024 and are used by the transportation, petrochemical, and chemical industries, among others. Glass ceramics, another prominent category of technical ceramics, are forecast to have a market value of nearly two billion U.S. dollars worldwide by 2026.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 12, 2021

Key insights

China's ceramic tile production volume 2020
7.86bn ㎡
Asia's ceramic tile production volume 2020
11.9bn ㎡
Leading ceramic tile consuming region 2020
Asia
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Leading ceramic tile manufacturing countries worldwide in 2020 (in million square meters)

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Global leading ceramic tile manufacturing countries 2020

Leading ceramic tile manufacturing companies worldwide in 2021 based on production volume (in million square meters)

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Global leading ceramic tile manufacturing companies based on production volume 2021

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