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Template:For 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.[3][4]

Steel production

2015–2025

This is a list of countries by steel production from 2015 to 2025, based on data provided by the World Steel Association. All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 1 million metric tons.[4]Template:SrnTemplate:Table alignment

Crude steel production in 2015–2025 (million metric tons)
Country/Region 2025
[5] 		2024
[5] 		2023
[5] 		2022
[5] 		2021
[5] 		2020
[5] 		2019
[6][7] 		2018
[8][9] 		2017
[1][10] 		2016
[1][11] 		2015
[12]
Template:NoflagWorld 1,849.4 1,886.3 1,904.1 1,889.2 1,962.5 1,883.3 1,874.4 1,808.4 1,674.8 1,606.3 1,620.4
Template:Flagicon China 960.8 1,005.1 1,028.9 1,018.0 1,035.2 1,064.8 995.4 920.0 831.7 786.9 803.8
Template:Flagicon India 164.9 149.4 140.8 125.3 118.2 100.3 111.4 109.3 101.5 95.5 89.6
Template:Flagicon United States 82.0 79.5 81.4 80.5 85.8 72.7 87.8 86.6 81.6 78.5 78.9
Template:Flagicon Japan 80.7 84.0 87.0 89.2 96.3 83.2 99.3 104.3 104.7 104.8 105.2
Template:Flagicon Russia 67.8 71.0 76.0 71.5 77.0 71.6 71.7 72.0 71.3 70.5 71.1
Template:Flagicon South Korea 61.9 63.6 66.7 65.8 70.4 67.1 71.4 72.5 71.1 68.6 69.7
Template:Flagicon Turkey 38.1 36.9 33.7 35.1 40.4 35.8 33.7 37.3 37.5 33.2 31.5
Template:Flagicon Germany 34.1 37.3 35.4 36.9 40.2 35.7 39.6 42.4 43.6 42.1 42.7
Template:Flagicon Brazil 33.3 33.9 32.0 34.1 36.1 31.4 32.6 35.4 34.4 30.2 33.3
Template:Flagicon Iran 31.8 31.4 30.7 30.6 28.3 29.0 25.6 24.5 21.8 17.9 16.1
Template:Flagicon Vietnam 24.7 22.0 19.2 20.0 23.0 19.9 17.5 15.5 10.3 7.8 5.7
Template:Flagicon Italy 20.7 20.0 21.1 21.6 24.4 20.4 23.2 24.5 24.0 23.3 22.0
Template:Flagicon Indonesia 19.0 18.6 16.8 15.6 14.8 12.9 7.8 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.9
Template:Flag 17.1 19.2 19.1 20.8 23.2 21.0 22.0 23.2 23.2 21.8 21.4
Template:Flagicon Mexico 13.5 13.8 16.4 18.4 18.5 16.8 18.4 20.2 20.0 19.0 18.3
Template:Flagicon Spain 11.9 11.9 11.4 11.6 14.2 11.0 13.6 14.3 14.5 13.6 14.9
Template:Flagicon Canada 11.5 12.3 12.2 12.1 13.0 11.0 12.9 13.4 13.7 12.7 12.5
Template:Flagicon Saudi Arabia 10.8 9.6 9.9 9.9 8.7 7.8 8.2 5.2 4.8[13] 5.5 5.7
Template:Flagicon Egypt 10.6 10.7 10.4 9.8 10.3 8.2 7.3 7.8 6.8 5.0 5.5
Template:Flagicon France 9.8 10.8 10.0 12.1 13.9 11.6 14.4 15.4 15.5 14.6 15.0
Template:Flagicon Malaysia 9.0 9.0 7.5 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.8 4.1 2.8 2.8 3.8
Template:Flagicon Austria 7.6 7.1 7.1 7.5 7.9 6.8 7.4 6.9 8.1 7.4 7.7
Template:Flagicon Ukraine 7.4 7.6 6.2 6.3 21.4 20.6 20.8 21.1 22.7 24.2 22.9
Template:Flagicon Belgium 7.2 7.1 5.9 7.0 6.9 6.1 7.8 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.2
Template:Flagicon Poland 7.2 7.1 6.4 7.4 8.5 7.9 9.0 10.8 10.3 8.9 9.1
Template:Flagicon Netherlands 6.5 6.4 4.7 6.1 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0
Template:Flagicon Algeria 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.5 3.0 2.4 2.3 0.4 4.62 4.4
Template:Flagicon Australia 5.2 4.7 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.9
Template:Flagicon Thailand 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 4.5 4.2 6.4 4.5 3.8 3.7
Template:Flagicon Bangladesh 4.5 4.5 5.0 6.0 5.5 4.7 5.1 3.8 3.5 — —
Template:Flagicon South Africa 4.5 4.7 5.0 4.5 5.0 3.9 6.2 5.7 6.3 6.1 7.6
Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.5 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 3.6
Template:Flagicon Argentina 4.0 3.9 4.9 5.1 4.9 3.7 4.6 5.2 4.6 4.1 5.0
Template:Flagicon Sweden 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.62 4.4
Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0
Template:Flagicon Finland 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 4.3 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0
Template:Flagicon Slovakia 3.7 3.9 4.4 3.9 4.9 3.4 3.9 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6
Template:Flagicon Pakistan 3.6 4.1 5.3 6.0 5.4 3.8 3.3 4.7 5.0 3.6 2.9
Template:Flagicon Iraq 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.3 2.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Template:Flagicon Oman 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Template:Flagicon Czech Republic 2.5 2.5 3.4 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.9 4.6 5.3 5.3
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2.5 4.0 5.6 6.0 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.6 10.8
Template:NoflagOthers[14] 2.3 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 — — — — —
Template:Flag 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.9 — — — — —
Template:Flagicon Belarus 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.6
Template:Flag 1.8 1.8 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.9 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.2 0.7 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.0 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 — — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.3 — — — — —
Template:Flag 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 — — — — —
Template:Flag 0.9 1.4 1.6 2.6 3.4 2.8 3.5 3.5 — — —
Template:Flag 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 — — — — —

1980–2015

This is a list of countries by steel production from 1980 to 2015, based on data provided by the World Steel Association. All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 2 million metric tons.[3][4]

Crude steel production in 1980–2015 (million metric tons)
Country/Region 2015
[12] 		2014
[15] 		2013
[16] 		2012
[17] 		2011
[18] 		2010
[19] 		2000
[3] 		1990
[3] 		1980
[3]
Template:NoflagWorld 1,620.4 1,670.1 1,649.3 1,552.9 1,490.1 1,413.6 850.1 770.4 716.4
Template:Flagicon China 803.8 822.7 779.0 724.7 683.3 626.7 128.5 66.4 37.1
Template:Flagicon India 89.6 87.3 81.2 77.3 72.2 68.3 26.9 15.0 9.5
Template:Flagicon Japan 105.2 110.7 110.6 107.2 107.6 109.6 106.4 110.3 111.4
Template:Flagicon United States 78.9 88.2 87.0 88.6 86.2 80.6 101.8 89.7 101.4
Template:Flagicon Russia 71.1 71.5 69.4 70.6 68.7 66.9 59.1 89.6[20] —
Template:Flagicon South Korea 69.7 71.5 66.0 69.3 68.5 58.5 43.1 23.1 8.5
Template:Flagicon Germany 42.7 42.9 42.6 42.7 44.3 43.8 46.4 44.0 51.1
Template:Flagicon Turkey 31.5 34.0 34.7 35.9 34.1 29.0 14.3 9.4 2.5
Template:Flagicon Brazil 33.3 33.9 34.2 34.7 35.2 32.8 27.9 20.6 15.3
Template:Flagicon Iran 16.1 16.3 15.4 14.5 13.0 12.0 6.6 1.4 0.5
Template:Flagicon Ukraine 22.9 27.2 32.8 32.9 35.3 33.6 31.8 54.6[20] 52.3[20]
Template:Flagicon Italy 22.0 23.7 24.1 27.2 28.7 25.8 26.8 25.5 26.5
Template:Flag 21.4 23.1 22.3 20.7 20.2 19.8 — — —
Template:Flagicon Indonesia 4.9 4.4 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.6 2.9 2.8 0.5
Template:Flagicon Mexico 18.3 19.0 18.2 18.1 18.1 17.0 15.6 8.7 7.1
Template:Flagicon Canada 12.5 12.7 12.4 13.5 13.1 13.0 16.6 12.3 15.9
Template:Flagicon Spain 14.9 14.3 13.7 13.6 15.6 16.3 15.8 12.9 12.8
Template:Flagicon France 15.0 16.1 15.7 15.6 15.8 15.4 21.0 19.0 23.1
Template:Flagicon Egypt 5.5 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.7 2.8 2.2 1.0
Template:Flagicon Saudi Arabia 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.0 3.0 1.8 0.1
Template:Flagicon Malaysia 3.8 4.3 4.7 5.6 5.9 4.1 3.7 1.1 0.2
Template:Flagicon Vietnam 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.3 4.9 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.1
Template:Flagicon Austria 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.5 7.2 5.7 4.3 4.6
Template:Flagicon Belgium 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.1 11.6 11.5 12.3
Template:Flagicon Poland 9.1 8.6 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.0 10.5 13.6 19.5
Template:Flagicon Netherlands 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 5.7 5.4 5.3
Template:Flagicon Thailand 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 4.2 3.7 2.1 0.7 0.5
Template:Flagicon Australia 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.9 6.4 7.3 7.1 6.6 7.6
Template:Flagicon South Africa 7.6 6.6 7.2 7.1 6.7 8.5 8.5 8.7 9.1
Template:Flagicon Algeria 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.2
Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.7 4.3 4.7 7.4[20] —
Template:Flagicon Pakistan 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.8 —
Template:Flagicon Sweden 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.2
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 10.8 12.1 11.9 9.6 9.5 9.7 15.2 17.8 11.3
Template:Flagicon Slovakia 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 3.7 5.1[21] —
Template:Flagicon Argentina 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.7 5.1 4.5 3.6 2.7
Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.0 0.5 0.1 — —
Template:Flagicon Finland 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 2.9 2.5
Template:Flagicon Oman 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7
Template:Flagicon Iraq 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7
Template:Flagicon Czech Republic 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.2 6.2 9.7[21] —
Template:Flagicon Belarus 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.5 1.5[20] —
Template:Flagicon North Korea 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.28 1.3 1.3 1.5 7.0 5.8
Template:Flagicon Hungary 1.68 1.15 0.88 1.54 1.75 1.68 1.87 2.96 3.76
Template:Flagicon Bulgaria 0.54 0.61 0.52 0.63 0.84 0.74 2.02 2.18 2.57
Template:NoflagOthers[14] — 28.4 29.5 29.9 29.5 23.3 — — —

Exports and imports

This is a list of the top (net) steel exporters and imports in 2023, in millions of tonnes. The net exports is the amount of exports minus the amount of imports, while the net imports is the amount of imports minus the amount of exports.[22] Template:SrnTemplate:Table alignment

Country Exports Net
exports 		Imports Net
imports
Template:Flag 94.3 83.2 11.0 –
Template:Flag 32.2 26.3 – –
Template:Flag 27.0 12.0 15.0 –
Template:Flag[23] 26.0 – 39.2 22.0
Template:Flag 22.5 3.8 18.7 –
Template:Flag 16.1 – 18.7 –
Template:Flag 14.6 3.0 11.6 –
Template:Flag 13.9 12.7 – –
Template:Flag 12.7 – 18.0 5.2
Template:Flag 12.3 7.3 – –
Template:Flag 11.9 10.2 – –
Template:Flag 11.8 2.8 9.0 –
Template:Flag 9.9 – 11.8 –
Template:Flag 9.9 – 9.8 –
Template:Flag 9.6 – 12.4 2.8
Template:Flag 9.5 2.0 7.5 –
Template:Flag 8.9 – 26.4 17.6
Template:Flag 8.6 – 14.0 5.4
Template:Flag 7.8 – 10.2 –
Template:Flag 7.6 – 7.1 –
Template:Flag – 3.8 – –
Template:Flag – 3.6 – –
Template:Flag – 2.2 – –
Template:Flag – 1.5 – –
Template:Flag – 1.5 – –
Template:Flag – – 17.5 14.4
Template:Flag – – 13.7 12.0
Template:Flag – – 11.6 6.5
Template:Flag – – 8.6 –
Template:Flag – – – 15.2
Template:Flag – – – 6.9
Template:Flag – – – 4.5
Template:Flag – – – 4.4
Template:Flag – – – 3.4
Template:Flag – – – 2.7
Template:Flag – – – 2.7

World steel production trend

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

World production in millions of tons[24][25]
1900–1925 1925–1950 1950–1975 1975–2000 2000–2023
Year Prod. Year Prod. Year Prod. Year Prod. Year Prod.
1900 28.3 1925 90.4 1950 191.6 1975 643.0 2000 850.1
1901 31.0 1926 93.4 1951 211.1 1976 675.5 2001 851.1
1902 34.5 1927 101.8 1952 211.6 1977 675.6 2002 904.2
1903 36.1 1928 110.0 1953 234.8 1978 717.2 2003 969.9
1904 36.3 1929 120.8 1954 223.8 1979 746.4 2004 1,071.4
1905 44.9 1930 95.1 1955 270.0 1980 716.4 2005 1,144.0
1906 51.2 1931 69.6 1956 283.5 1981 707.0 2006 1,247.1
1907 53.0 1932 50.7 1957 292.5 1982 645.0 2007 1,351.3
1908 41.4 1933 68.0 1958 274.3 1983 663.4 2008 1,326.5
1909 54.2 1934 82.4 1959 305.7 1984 710.3 2009 1,219.7
1910 60.3 1935 99.5 1960 346.4 1985 718.9 2010 1,413.6
1911 60.5 1936 124.3 1961 351.3 1986 714.0 2011 1,490.1
1912 72.8 1937 135.7 1962 360.1 1987 735.5 2012 1,552.9
1913 76.4 1938 110.0 1963 387.1 1988 780.1 2013 1,649.3
1914 60.4 1939 137.1 1964 433.4 1989 786.0 2014 1,670.1
1915 66.6 1940 140.6 1965 454.0 1990 770.4 2015 1,620.4
1916 78.2 1941 153.8 1966 472.7 1991 733.6 2016 1,606.3
1917 82.0 1942 151.4 1967 497.2 1992 719.7 2017 1,674.8
1918 77.2 1943 159.6 1968 529.8 1993 727.5 2018 1,808.4
1919 58.5 1944 151.2 1969 574.6 1994 725.1 2019 1,869.9
1920 72.5 1945 113.1 1970 595.4 1995 752.3 2020 1,883.3
1921 45.2 1946 111.6 1971 582.6 1996 750.1 2021 1,962.5
1922 68.8 1947 136.0 1972 630.7 1997 799.0 2022 1,889.2
1923 78.3 1948 155.3 1973 697.5 1998 777.3 2023 1,904.1
1924 78.5 1949 160.0 1974 703.8 1999 789.3 2024 1,886.3
1925 90.4 1950 191.6 1975 643.0 2000 850.1 –

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 World Steel in Figures 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. ↑ China's steel sector sees output growth in 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 World Steel Production 1980-2013. World Steel Association(Nov 2014). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handbook of World Steel Statistics(1978). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Annual production steel data. worldsteel.org. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  6. ↑ Global crude steel output increases by 3.4% in 2019.
  7. ↑ World Crude Steel Production. WorldSteel(2020-01-27). Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  8. ↑ Global crude steel output increases by 4.6% in 2018.
  9. ↑ World Crude Steel Production. WorldSteel(2019-01-25). Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  10. ↑ Monthly crude steel production - 2017. World Steel Assoctiation(2018-01-24). Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  11. ↑ Monthly crude steel production. World Steel Association(24 Apr 2017). Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Steel Statistical Yearbook 2016. World Steel Association(2016). Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  13. ↑ partial data
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 composition of other countries vary year to year, thus is not comparable
  15. ↑ Steel Statistical Yearbook 2015. World Steel Association(2015). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  16. ↑ World Steel Statistics data 2013. World Steel Association(23 January 2014). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  17. ↑ World Crude Steel Production - Summary(22 January 2013). Retrieved 2014-07-27. World Crude Steel Production 2012
  18. ↑ World Crude Steel Production 2011Template:Dead link
  19. ↑ World Crude Steel Production 2010 Template:Webarchive
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Was part of Template:Flagicon USSR until 1992
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Was part of Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia until 1993
  22. ↑ World Steel in Figures 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  23. ↑ excluding intra-regional trade
  24. ↑ A Handbook of World Steel Statistics. International Iron and Steel Institute.
  25. ↑ World Steel Association - Statistics archive(2012-02-12). Retrieved 2024-08-08.

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