Copper reserves (2025)

With 180,000 thousand metric tons in 2025, Chile leads the world in copper reserves, followed by Australia (100,000 thousand metric tons) and Peru (85,000 thousand metric tons). The top 5 is rounded off by Democratic Republic of the Congo (80,000 thousand metric tons) and Russian Federation (80,000 thousand metric tons). Further down, Mexico (53,000 thousand metric tons) and United States of America (47,000 thousand metric tons) hold the next two spots. China (41,000 thousand metric tons), Poland (33,000 thousand metric tons), and Indonesia (21,000 thousand metric tons) round out the top ten. At the extremes, Chile is 8.6× as high as Indonesia (21,000 thousand metric tons).