For the company-oriented account, see List of steel producers.

The article summarizes the world steel production by country.

In 2022, total world crude steel production was nearly 1.9 billion tons (Mt). The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 54% of world steel production in 2022.[1] In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, China became the first country to produce over one billion tons of steel.[2] In 2008, 2009, 2015 and 2016 output fell in the majority of steel-producing countries as a result of the global recession. In 2010 and 2017, it started to rise again. Crude steel production contracted in all regions in 2019 except in Asia and the Middle East. India is the 2nd leading producer of iron and steel industries.[citation needed]

List of countries by steel production

This is a list of countries by steel production in 1967, 1980, 1990, 2000 and from 2007 to 2021, based on data provided by the World Steel Association.[3][4][5][6][7][8] All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 2 million metric tons.

Crude steel production (million metric tons):
Rank (2021) Country/Region 2023 2022 2021[9] 2020[1] 2019[10][11] 2018[12][13] 2017[1][14] 2016[1][15] 2015[16] 2014[17] 2013[18] 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2000 1990 1980 1967
—  World 1,888.2 1,887.6 1,951.9 1,877.5 1,874.4 1,808.4 1,674.8 1,606.3 1,620.4 1,670.1 1,649.3 1,552.9 1,490.1 1,413.6 1,219.7 1,326.5 1,351.3 850.1 770.4 716.4 497.2
1 China China 1,019.1 1,018.0 1,032.8 1,064.8 995.4 920.0 831.7 786.9 803.8 822.7 779.0 724.7 683.3 626.7 573.6 500.3 494.9 128.5 66.4 37.1 14.0
2 India India 140.2 125.4 118.2 100.3 111.4 109.3 101.5 95.5 89.6 87.3 81.2 77.3 72.2 68.3 62.8 57.8 53.5 26.9 15.0 9.5 6.3
3 Japan Japan 87.0 89.2 96.3 83.2 99.3 104.3 104.7 104.8 105.2 110.7 110.6 107.2 107.6 109.6 87.5 118.7 120.2 106.4 110.3 111.4 62.0
4 United States United States 80.7 80.5 85.8 72.7 87.8 86.6 81.6 78.5 78.9 88.2 87.0 88.6 86.2 80.6 58.2 91.4 98.1 101.8 89.7 101.4 115.0
5 Russia Russia 75.8 71.7 75.6 71.6 71.7 72.0 71.3 70.5 71.1 71.5 69.4 70.6 68.7 66.9 60.0 68.5 72.4 59.1 89.6[19] n/a[19] n/a[19]
6 South Korea South Korea 66.7 65.8 70.4 67.1 71.4 72.5 71.1 68.6 69.7 71.5 66.0 69.3 68.5 58.5 48.6 53.6 51.5 43.1 23.1 8.5 0.3
7 Turkey Turkey 33.7 35.1 40.4 35.8 33.7 37.3 37.5 33.2 31.5 34.0 34.7 35.9 34.1 29.0 25.3 26.8 25.8 14.3 9.4 2.5 1.0
8 Germany Germany 35.4 36.9 40.1 35.7 39.6 42.4 43.6 42.1 42.7 42.9 42.6 42.7 44.3 43.8 32.7 45.8 48.6 46.4 44.0 51.1 41.3
9 Brazil Brazil 31.9 34.1 36.2 31.0 32.6 35.4 34.4 30.2 33.3 33.9 34.2 34.7 35.2 32.8 26.5 33.7 33.8 27.9 20.6 15.3 3.6
10 Iran Iran 31.1 30.6 28.5 29.0 25.6 24.5 21.8 17.9 16.1 16.3 15.4 14.5 13.0 12.0 10.9 10.0 10.1 6.6 1.4 0.5 —
11 Italy Italy 21.1 21.6 24.4 20.4 23.2 24.5 24.0 23.3 22.0 23.7 24.1 27.2 28.7 25.8 19.7 30.6 31.6 26.8 25.5 26.5 15.9
12  Taiwan 18.9 20.8 23.2 21.0 22.0 23.2 23.2 21.8 21.4 23.1 22.3 20.7 20.2 19.8 15.8 19.9 20.9
13 Vietnam Vietnam 19.0 20.0 23.0 19.5 17.5 15.5 10.3 7.8 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.3 4.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 —
14 Ukraine Ukraine 6.2 6.3 21.4 20.6 20.8 21.1 22.7 24.2 22.9 27.2 32.8 32.9 35.3 33.6 29.9 37.3 42.8 31.8 54.6[19] 52.3[19] n/a[19]
15 Mexico Mexico 16.3 18.4 18.5 16.8 18.4 20.2 20.0 19.0 18.3 19.0 18.2 18.1 18.1 17.0 14.2 17.2 17.6 15.6 8.7 7.1 3.0
16 Indonesia Indonesia 16.0 15.6 14.3 9.3 7.8 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.4 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.1 2.9 2.8 0.5 —
17 Spain Spain 11.3 11.6 14.2 11.0 13.6 14.3 14.5 13.6 14.9 14.3 13.7 13.6 15.6 16.3 14.3 18.6 19.0 15.8 12.9 12.8 4.5
18 France France 10.0 12.1 13.9 11.6 14.4 15.4 15.5 14.6 15.0 16.1 15.7 15.6 15.8 15.4 12.8 17.9 19.3 21.0 19.0 23.1 19.6
19 Canada Canada 12.3 12.1 13.0 11.0 12.9 13.4 13.7 12.7 12.5 12.7 12.4 13.5 13.1 13.0 9.0 14.8 15.6 16.6 12.3 15.9 8.8
20 Egypt Egypt 10.4 9.8 10.3 8.2 7.3 7.8 6.8 5.0 5.5 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.7 5.5 6.2 6.2 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.4
21 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 9.9 9.9 8.7 7.8 8.2 5.2 4.8[20] 5.5 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 3.0 1.8 0.1 —
22 Poland Poland 6.4 7.4 8.5 7.9 9.0 10.8 10.3 8.9 9.1 8.6 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.0 7.2 9.7 10.6 10.5 13.6 19.5 10.4
23 Austria Austria 7.1 7.5 7.9 6.8 7.4 6.9 8.1 7.4 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.5 7.2 5.7 7.6 7.6 5.7 4.3 4.6 3.0
24 United Kingdom United Kingdom 5.6 6.0 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.6 10.8 12.1 11.9 9.6 9.5 9.7 10.1 13.5 14.3 15.2 17.8 11.3 24.3
25 Belgium Belgium 5.9 7.0 6.9 6.1 7.8 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.1 5.6 10.7 10.7 11.6 11.5 12.3 9.7
26 Malaysia Malaysia 7.5 7.2 6.9 7.1 6.8 4.1 2.8 2.8 3.8 4.3 4.7 5.6 5.9 4.1 4.0 6.4 6.9 3.7 1.1 0.2 0.1
27 Netherlands Netherlands 4.7 6.1 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 5.2 6.8 7.4 5.7 5.4 5.3 3.4
28 Australia Australia 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.9 6.4 7.3 5.2 7.6 7.9 7.1 6.6 7.6 6.3
29 Bangladesh Bangladesh 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.1 3.8 3.5
30 Thailand Thailand 5.0 5.3 5.5 4.5 4.2 6.4 4.5 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 4.2 3.7 3.6 5.2 5.6 2.1 0.7 0.5 —
31 Pakistan Pakistan 5.3 6.0 5.3 3.8 3.3 4.7 5.0 3.6 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 — —
32 South Africa South Africa 4.9 4.4 5.0 3.9 6.2 5.7 6.3 6.1 7.6 6.6 7.2 7.1 6.7 8.5 7.5 8.3 9.1 8.5 8.7 9.1 3.7
33 Argentina Argentina 4.9 5.1 4.9 3.7 4.6 5.2 4.6 4.1 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.7 5.1 4.0 5.5 5.4 4.5 3.6 2.7 1.3
34 Slovakia Slovakia 4.5 3.9 4.9 3.4 3.9 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 3.7 4.5 5.1 3.7 5.1[21] n/a[21] n/a[21]
35 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3.4 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.9 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.2 4.6 6.4 7.1 6.2 9.7[21] n/a[21] n/a[21]
36 Sweden Sweden 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.62 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 2.8 5.2 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.7
37 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3.9 4.1 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.7 7.4[19] n/a[19] n/a[19]
38 Finland Finland 3.8 3.5 4.3 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.1 4.4 4.4 4.1 2.9 2.5 0.4
39 Algeria Algeria 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.0 2.4 2.3 0.4 4.62 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 2.8 5.2 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.7
40 Romania Romania 3.4 2.8 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.9 2.7 5.0 6.3 4.7 9.7 13.2 4.1
41 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 — — n/a
42 Belarus Belarus 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.5[19] — —
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.9 2.6 3.6 4.6 4.5
44 Oman Oman 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.3
45 Portugal Portugal 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.3
46 North Korea North Korea[22] 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 3.4
— Soviet Union Soviet Union 88.1 85.2 105.6 102.0 100.4 101.3 - 102.0 - - 108.9 111.0 - 108.9 98.3 114.8 124.7 - 154.4 147.9 96.9[23]
—  Others[24] 24.8 27.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 28.4 29.5 29.9 29.5 (est.) 23.3 (est.) 28.6 (est.) 30.7 (est.) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Exports

net: exports - imports

Top steel exporters in 2018[1]
Rank Country Mt
1 China 51.4
2 Russia 31.5
3 Japan 29.8
4 South Korea 27.6
- European Union[25] 22.6
5 Germany 21.2
6 Turkey 18.5
7 India 17.1
8 Ukraine 15.2
9 Italy 14.9
10 Belgium 12.9
11 Brazil 10.6
12 France 10.2
13 Taiwan 10.0
Top steel net exporters in 2018[1]
Rank Country Mt
1 Russia 26.4
2 Japan 24.8
3 South Korea 16.1
4 Ukraine 13.9
5 China 13.5
6 India 12.1
7 Brazil 8.7
8 Turkey 6.0
9 Egypt 4.4
10 Germany 3.0

Imports

Net: imports − exports

Top steel importers in 2018[1]
Rank Country Mt
1 China 37.9
- European Union[25] 32.6
2 United States 19.9
3 Germany 18.2
4 Italy 15.5
5 Vietnam 13.6
6 Turkey 12.5
7 France 11.8
8 South Korea 11.5
9 Poland 10.8
10 Belgium 10.4
Top steel net importers in 2018[1]
Rank Country Mt
1 United States 13.6
- European Union[25] 10.0
2 Saudi Arabia 7.2
3 Philippines 6.6
4 Vietnam 6.6
5 Poland 5.6
6 Indonesia 4.2
7 Israel 3.3
8 Bangladesh 2.5
9 Uzbekistan 2.5
10 United Arab Emirates 2.4

See also

References

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  25. ^ a b c excluding intra-regional trade

External links

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production