List of countries by steel production

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

In 2023, total world crude steel production was nearly 1.9 billion tons (Gt). The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 54% of world steel production in 2023.[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]

Steel Production

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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[9] 2022 2021[10] 2020[1] 2019[11][12] 2018[13][14] 2017[1][15] 2016[1][16] 2015[17] 2014[18] 2013[19] 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[20] n/a[20] n/a[20]
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[20] 52.3[20] n/a[20]
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[21] 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[22] n/a[22] n/a[22]
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[22] n/a[22] n/a[22]
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[20] n/a[20] n/a[20]
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 1.6 2.6 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 2.3 2.1 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[20] — —
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.9 1.9 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 2.9 2.9 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 1.9 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 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.28 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 7.0 5.8 1.5
— Soviet Union Soviet Union - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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

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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

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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

World steel production trend

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Development of the worldwide production of steel in millions of tons.

World production in millions of tons[26][27]
Year Prod.
1880 4.0
1900 28.3
1901 31.0
1902 34.5
1903 36.1
1904 36.3
1905 44.9
1906 51.2
1907 53.0
1908 41.4
1909 54.2
1910 60.3
1911 60.5
1912 72.8
1913 76.4
Year Prod.
1914 60.4
1915 66.6
1916 78.2
1917 82.0
1918 77.2
1919 58.5
1920 72.5
1921 45.2
1922 68.8
1923 78.3
1924 78.5
1925 90.4
1926 93.4
1927 101.8
1928 110.0
Year Prod.
1929 120.8
1930 95.1
1931 69.6
1932 50.7
1933 68.0
1934 82.4
1935 99.5
1936 124.3
1937 135.7
1938 110.0
1939 137.1
1940 140.6
1941 153.8
1942 151.4
1943 159.6
Year Prod.
1944 151.2
1945 113.1
1946 111.6
1947 136.0
1948 155.3
1949 160.0
1950 191.6
1951 211.1
1952 211.6
1953 234.8
1954 223.8
1955 270.0
1956 283.5
1957 292.5
1958 274.3
Year Prod.
1959 305.7
1960 346.4
1961 351.3
1962 360.1
1963 387.1
1964 433.4
1965 454.0
1966 472.7
1967 497.2
1968 529.8
1969 574.6
1970 595.4
1971 582.6
1972 630.7
1973 697.5
Year Prod.
1974 703.8
1975 643.0
1976 675.5
1977 675.6
1978 717.2
1979 746.4
1980 716.4
1981 707.0
1982 645.0
1983 663.4
1984 710.3
1985 718.9
1986 714.0
1987 735.5
1988 780.1
Year Prod.
1989 786.0
1990 770.4
1991 733.6
1992 719.7
1993 727.5
1994 725.1
1995 752.3
1996 750.1
1997 799.0
1998 777.3
1999 789.3
2000 850.1
2001 851.1
2002 904.2
2003 969.9
Year Prod.
2004 1,071.4
2005 1,144.0
2006 1,247.1
2007 1,351.3
2008 1,326.5
2009 1,219.7
2010 1,413.6
2011 1,490.1
2012 1,552.9
2013 1,649.3
2014 1,670.1
2015 1,620.4
2016 1,606.3
2017 1,674.8
2018 1,808.4
Year Prod.
2019 1,869.9
2020 1,880.4
2021 1,950.5
2022 1,888.7
2023 1,888.2

See also

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References

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