Country rankings
Thorium Reserves by Country
Uzbekistan has the highest Thorium Resources in 2019 (1.5M t), followed by Kazakhstan (1.5M t) and Azerbaijan (1.5M t). France has the lowest (1,000 t).
Thorium ResourcesBetter 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 →
Year 201939 of 235 countriesThorium Resources, 2019
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All 39 ranked
Highest first.
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
55K t
Middle half 10K t – 487.5K t
Average
374.5K t
39 countries
Highest
1.5M t
Uzbekistan
Lowest
1,000 t
France
Data
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39 countries · # = rank by Thorium Resources
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Uzbekistan | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 1 |  Kazakhstan | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 1 |  Azerbaijan | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 1 |  Belarus | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 1 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 1 |  Moldova | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 1 |  Armenia | 1.5M t | CIS member. Value shown includes all CIS countries combined |
| 8 |  India | 846.5K t | — |
| 9 |  Brazil | 632K t | — |
| 10 |  United States | 595K t | — |
| 11 |  Egypt | 380K t | — |
| 12 |  Turkey | 374K t | — |
| 13 |  Venezuela | 300K t | — |
| 14 |  Canada | 172K t | — |
| 15 |  South Africa | 148K t | — |
| 16 |  China | 100K t | Estimate includes 9,000 tons in Taiwan and may be significantly lower than the true value |
| 17 |  Norway | 87K t | — |
| 18 |  Greenland | 86K t | Estimate is actually a range: 86 000 - 93 000 |
| 19 |  Finland | 60K t | — |
| 20 |  Russia | 55K t | Data for Asian portion only. Reserves in Russia's European territory are totaled with CIS data |
| 21 |  Sweden | 50K t | — |
| 22 |  Iran | 30K t | — |
| 22 |  Morocco | 30K t | — |
| 24 |  Nigeria | 29K t | — |
| 25 |  Madagascar | 22K t | — |
| 26 |  Peru | 20K t | — |
| 27 |  Malaysia | 18K t | — |
| 28 |  Thailand | 10K t | — |
| 28 |  Angola | 10K t | — |
| 28 |  Mozambique | 10K t | — |
| 31 |  Malawi | 9,000 t | — |
| 32 |  Kenya | 8,000 t | — |
| 33 |  South Korea | 6,000 t | — |
| 34 |  Vietnam | 5,000 t | Estimate is actually a range: 5,000 - 10,000 |
| 35 |  Sri Lanka | 4,000 t | — |
| 36 |  Uruguay | 3,000 t | — |
| 37 |  DR Congo | 2,500 t | — |
| 38 |  Argentina | 1,300 t | — |
| 39 |  France | 1,000 t | — |
What correlates with Thorium Resources (2019)?
Pearson r against 1,699 other country metrics sharing at least 24 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Thorium Resources tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
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- Heart Disease Age-Standardized Prevalence Rate - MaleHeart Disease Rates by CountryPlotr = +0.70 · strong · n = 39
- Heart Disease Age-Standardized Prevalence RateHeart Disease Rates by CountryPlotr = +0.69 · strong · n = 39
- Heart Disease Age-Standardized Prevalence Rate - FemaleHeart Disease Rates by CountryPlotr = +0.67 · strong · n = 39
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Thorium Resources tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Thorium Resources?
- Uzbekistan has the highest Thorium Resources in 2019, at 1.5M t, followed by Kazakhstan (1.5M t) and Azerbaijan (1.5M t).
- Which country has the lowest Thorium Resources?
- France has the lowest Thorium Resources in 2019, at 1,000 t.
- What is the median Thorium Resources across countries?
- The median is 55K t across the 39 countries with data in 2019.
- Where does this thorium reserves by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Thorium Occurrences, Deposits and Resources - International Atomic Energy Agency.