Country rankings
Steel Production by Country
China has the highest Steel Production in 2023 (1B t), followed by India (140.8M t) and Japan (87M t). Paraguay has the lowest (21.2K t).
Manufacturing & Mining91 countries · 1 metricUpdated Dec 27, 2024Original page
8 sources
- Total production of crude steel - WorldSteel
- Top 10 Steel Producing Countries In The World - World Atlas
- 2021 global crude steel production totals - World Steel Association
- Total Production of World Steel 2019 - World Steel Association
- List of countries by steel production - Wiki
- The 10 largest steel producing countries 2017 - John Steel
- Steel Production by Country – 1967/2021 - Statistics and Data
- Visualizing 50 Years of Global Steel Production - Visual Capitalist
Steel ProductionBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
89 of 235 countries
Steel Production, 2023
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 89 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
1.9M t
Middle half 500K t – 6.4M t
Average
21.4M t
89 countries
Highest
1B t
China
Lowest
21.2K t
Paraguay
Over time · 2019–2023
The top 5 in 2023, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- China
- India
- Japan
- United States
- Russia
Data
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89 countries · # = rank by Steel Production
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 1B t |
| 2 |  India | 140.8M t |
| 3 |  Japan | 87M t |
| 4 |  United States | 81.4M t |
| 5 |  Russia | 76M t |
| 6 |  South Korea | 66.7M t |
| 7 |  Germany | 35.4M t |
| 8 |  Turkey | 33.7M t |
| 9 |  Brazil | 32M t |
| 10 |  Iran | 31M t |
| 11 |  Italy | 21.1M t |
| 12 |  Vietnam | 19.2M t |
| 13 |  Taiwan | 19.1M t |
| 14 |  Indonesia | 16.8M t |
| 15 |  Mexico | 16.4M t |
| 16 |  Canada | 12.2M t |
| 17 |  Spain | 11.4M t |
| 18 |  Egypt | 10.4M t |
| 19 |  France | 10M t |
| 20 |  Saudi Arabia | 9.9M t |
| 21 |  Malaysia | 7.5M t |
| 22 |  Austria | 7.1M t |
| 23 |  Poland | 6.4M t |
| 24 |  Ukraine | 6.2M t |
| 25 |  Belgium | 5.9M t |
| 26 |  United Kingdom | 5.6M t |
| 27 |  Australia | 5.5M t |
| 28 |  Pakistan | 5.3M t |
| 29 |  Bangladesh | 5M t |
| 30 |  Thailand | 5M t |
| 31 |  Argentina | 4.9M t |
| 32 |  South Africa | 4.9M t |
| 33 |  Netherlands | 4.7M t |
| 34 |  Algeria | 4.4M t |
| 35 |  Slovakia | 4.4M t |
| 36 |  Sweden | 4.3M t |
| 37 |  Kazakhstan | 3.9M t |
| 38 |  Finland | 3.8M t |
| 39 |  United Arab Emirates | 3.8M t |
| 40 |  Czechia | 3.4M t |
| 41 |  Oman | 2.9M t |
| 42 |  Iraq | 2.8M t |
| 43 |  Belarus | 2.3M t |
| 44 |  Portugal | 2M t |
| 45 |  Luxembourg | 1.9M t |
| 46 |  Philippines | 1.9M t |
| 47 |  Romania | 1.6M t |
| 48 |  Peru | 1.6M t |
| 49 |  Serbia | 1.5M t |
| 50 |  Morocco | 1.4M t |
| 51 |  Colombia | 1.4M t |
| 52 |  Kenya | 1.4M t |
| 53 |  Bahrain | 1.3M t |
| 54 |  Switzerland | 1.2M t |
| 55 |  Nigeria | 1.2M t |
| 56 |  Greece | 1.2M t |
| 57 |  Chile | 1.2M t |
| 58 |  Qatar | 1.1M t |
| 59 |  Uzbekistan | 1M t |
| 59 |  Kuwait | 1M t |
| 61 |  Libya | 902.2K t |
| 62 |  Tanzania | 695K t |
| 63 |  Norway | 689.9K t |
| 64 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 620K t |
| 65 |  New Zealand | 554.5K t |
| 66 |  Slovenia | 526.1K t |
| 67 |  Myanmar | 500K t |
| 67 |  Moldova | 500K t |
| 69 |  Bulgaria | 489.2K t |
| 70 |  Ecuador | 484.2K t |
| 71 |  Hungary | 477.3K t |
| 72 |  Singapore | 465.2K t |
| 73 |  Azerbaijan | 349.1K t |
| 74 |  North Korea | 347K t |
| 75 |  Jordan | 300K t |
| 75 |  Israel | 300K t |
| 77 |  Guatemala | 241.3K t |
| 78 |  Ghana | 220K t |
| 79 |  Croatia | 212.4K t |
| 80 |  Angola | 190K t |
| 81 |  Cuba | 175.4K t |
| 82 |  Georgia | 128.4K t |
| 83 |  Yemen | 100K t |
| 84 |  El Salvador | 83.6K t |
| 85 |  Tunisia | 69K t |
| 86 |  Uruguay | 48.3K t |
| 87 |  Sri Lanka | 30K t |
| 88 |  Venezuela | 27.4K t |
| 89 |  Paraguay | 21.2K t |
What correlates with Steel Production (2023)?
Pearson r against 1,733 other country metrics sharing at least 54 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Steel Production?
- China has the highest Steel Production in 2023, at 1B t, followed by India (140.8M t) and Japan (87M t).
- Which country has the lowest Steel Production?
- Paraguay has the lowest Steel Production in 2023, at 21.2K t.
- What is the median Steel Production across countries?
- The median is 1.9M t across the 89 countries with data in 2023.
- Where does this steel production by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Total production of crude steel - WorldSteel; Top 10 Steel Producing Countries In The World - World Atlas; 2021 global crude steel production totals - World Steel Association; Total Production of World Steel 2019 - World Steel Association.