Iron ore from the World

1,658,100 thousand tonnes in 2021

Iron ore of World increased from 963,015 thousand tonnes in 2009 to 1.66 million thousand tonnes in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 6.34%.

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Metals Iron World
Direct reduced 119,300 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Commodities
Price 75.48 U.S. dollars in 2023 IMF + 2 others
Macro Region (thousand tonnes in 2021)
Oceania 876,700 World Steel Association
South America 386,600 World Steel Association
Asia 95,100 World Steel Association
Africa 88,200 World Steel Association
North America 71,700 World Steel Association
Middle East 13,700 World Steel Association
Europe 5,500 World Steel Association
Central America and the Caribbean 36 timeseries
Southeast Asia 43 timeseries
Country
Afghanistan 0.9 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Albania 0.19 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Algeria 4 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Andorra 4.78 Thousands of USD in 2010 UNCTAD
Angola 8,780 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Antigua and Barbuda 0 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Argentina 26 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Armenia 1.77 Thousands of USD in 2021 UNCTAD
Australia 876,600 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Austria 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Azerbaijan 26 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association + 1 other
Bahamas 0.02 Thousands of USD in 2013 UNCTAD
Bahrain 6,727 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Bangladesh 0 thousand tonnes in 2015 World Steel Association
Barbados 0.15 Thousands of USD in 2020 UNCTAD
Belarus 0 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Belgium 6,829.79 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Belize 16,451.09 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Benin Imports 1 timeseries
Bhutan 211.54 Thousands of USD in 2007 UNCTAD
Bolivia 19,204.25 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Botswana 563.52 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Brazil 359,100 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Brunei Darussalam Imports 1 timeseries
Bulgaria 3 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Burkina Faso 3.97 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Burundi 0.03 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Cabo Verde Imports 1 timeseries
Cambodia 0.27 Thousands of USD in 2021 UNCTAD
Cameroon 0.12 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Canada 53,800 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Central African Republic 1.24 Thousands of USD in 2014 UNCTAD
Chad Imports 1 timeseries
Chile 16,400 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
China 23,300 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Colombia 1 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Comoros Imports 1 timeseries
Congo 20.31 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Costa Rica 8.31 Thousands of USD in 2021 UNCTAD
Côte d'Ivoire 0 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Croatia 79.39 Thousands of USD in 2018 UNCTAD
Cuba 1.11 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Cyprus 1.02 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Czech Republic 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,659 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Denmark 49 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Djibouti 0.02 Thousands of USD in 2015 UNCTAD
Dominica Imports 1 timeseries
Dominican Republic 4.69 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Ecuador 0.45 Thousands of USD in 2015 UNCTAD
Egypt 5,547 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
El Salvador 0.04 Thousands of USD in 2018 UNCTAD
Equatorial Guinea Imports 1 timeseries
Eritrea 1.18 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Estonia 10.37 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Eswatini 0.12 Thousands of USD in 2021 UNCTAD
Ethiopia 1.12 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Falkland Islands 17.73 Thousands of USD in 2007 UNCTAD
Fiji 5,429.95 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Finland 180 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
France 100 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Gabon 0.01 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Gambia 0.03 Thousands of USD in 2012 UNCTAD
Georgia 0.5 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Germany 1,400 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Ghana 313.14 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Greece 0.61 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Grenada Imports 1 timeseries
Guatemala 3.28 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Guinea 20,676.4 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Guinea Bissau Imports 1 timeseries
Guyana 0.07 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Honduras 0 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Hong Kong 2,358 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Hungary 1,968 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Iceland Imports 1 timeseries
India 35,800 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Indonesia 1,999 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Iran 21,783 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Iraq 64.16 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Ireland 13.43 Thousands of USD in 2019 UNCTAD
Israel 6 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Italy 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Jamaica 1.09 Thousands of USD in 2013 UNCTAD
Japan 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Jordan 273.3 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Kazakhstan 1,309 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Kenya 12,016.74 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Kiribati Imports 1 timeseries
Kuwait 4.05 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Kyrgyzstan 0.01 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 137,919.81 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Latvia 14.89 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Lebanon 11.73 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Lesotho 0.02 Thousands of USD in 2020 UNCTAD
Liberia 3,600 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Libya 1,087 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Lithuania 0.12 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Luxembourg 2,135.98 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Macau 0.21 Thousands of USD in 2017 UNCTAD
Madagascar 11.03 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Malawi 0.05 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Malaysia 23,026 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Maldives Exports 1 timeseries
Mali 4,837.33 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Malta 0.01 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Mauritania 13,200 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Mauritius 5,445.16 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Mexico 2,800 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Micronesia (Federated States of) Imports 1 timeseries
Mongolia 6,581 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Montenegro 115.29 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Morocco 542.24 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Mozambique 4,048.7 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Myanmar 2,551 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association + 1 other
Namibia 2,328.95 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Nauru Exports 1 timeseries
Nepal 1.55 Thousands of USD in 2013 UNCTAD
Netherlands 19,200 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
New Zealand 2,931 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Nicaragua 0.01 Thousands of USD in 2020 UNCTAD
Niger 0.2 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Nigeria 33.23 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
North Macedonia 2,375.4 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Norway 1,700 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Oman 1,364,265.21 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Pakistan 0 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Palau Imports 1 timeseries
Palestine 1.27 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Panama 0.81 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Papua New Guinea 0.09 Thousands of USD in 2020 UNCTAD
Paraguay 117 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Peru 8,900 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Philippines 1,629 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Poland 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Portugal 0.07 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Qatar 3,104 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Republic of Korea 300 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Republic of Moldova Imports 1 timeseries
Romania 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Russian Federation 21,040 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Rwanda 824.97 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Saint Kitts and Nevis Imports 1 timeseries
Saint Lucia Imports 1 timeseries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Imports 1 timeseries
Samoa 0.09 Thousands of USD in 2013 UNCTAD
Saudi Arabia 6,685 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Senegal 1.98 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Serbia 2,154 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Seychelles 4.03 Thousands of USD in 2014 UNCTAD
Sierra Leone 6,985 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Singapore 8 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Slovakia 100 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Slovenia 612.66 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Solomon Islands Imports 1 timeseries
Somalia 24.63 Thousands of USD in 2019 UNCTAD
South Africa 67,900 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
South Sudan 1,233.46 Thousands of USD in 2011 UNCTAD
Spain 100 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Sri Lanka 0.03 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Sudan 0.02 Thousands of USD in 2018 UNCTAD
Suriname 0.06 Thousands of USD in 2012 UNCTAD
Sweden 24,000 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Switzerland 10.86 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Syrian Arab Republic 6.63 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Taiwan Province of China 23,673 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Tajikistan 2.04 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Thailand 4 thousand tonnes in 2014 World Steel Association
Timor-Leste 0.21 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Togo 0.04 Thousands of USD in 2020 UNCTAD
Tonga Imports 1 timeseries
Trinidad and Tobago 153 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Tunisia 285 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association + 1 other
Turkey 3,500 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Turkmenistan 0 Thousands of USD in 2021 UNCTAD
Uganda 0.03 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Ukraine 37,409 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
United Arab Emirates 3,902 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
United Kingdom 0 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
United Republic of Tanzania 0.84 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
United States of America 14,500 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Uruguay 7.17 Thousands of USD in 2021 UNCTAD
Uzbekistan 36,787.63 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Vanuatu Imports 1 timeseries
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,300 thousand tonnes in 2021 World Steel Association
Viet Nam 3,513 thousand tonnes in 2017 World Steel Association
Yemen 0.04 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Zambia 5,337.05 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD
Zimbabwe 1,159.85 Thousands of USD in 2022 UNCTAD