Year-over-year change: +10.2%, trend up
5-year change: +83.7%, trend up
China
Graphite mine production: 1,400,000 metric tons
View MoreNatural graphite mine production
World Total1,752,880metric tons
19942025
2025
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Natural graphite mine production (2025)
Among the 18 countries with 2025 data, China has the highest natural graphite mine production at 1.4M metric tons in 2025, followed by Madagascar (80,000 metric tons) and Tanzania (75,000 metric tons). Brazil (65,000 metric tons) and Mozambique (60,000 metric tons) close out the top 5. Next up, Russia (25,000 metric tons) and India (17,000 metric tons). Canada (8,000 metric tons), North Korea (8,000 metric tons), and Norway (6,600 metric tons) round out the top ten. The gap across the top ten is wide: China has 212× the value of Norway (6,600 metric tons). Three of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, Tanzania saw the largest year-over-year change at +177.8%.
Rank changes
How natural graphite mine production changed between 2020 and 2025
2020and2025
Historical trends
Key terms
- Proved reserves
- — Quantities of crude oil or natural gas that geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty are recoverable under existing economic and operating conditions.
- Recoverable reserves
- — Coal that can be technically and economically extracted with current mining methods at current prices. Excludes inaccessible deposits.
- Billion barrels (B bbl)
- — Unit for oil reserves. One barrel equals 42 US gallons or about 159 litres.
- Trillion cubic feet (TCF)
- — Unit for natural gas reserves. One TCF is roughly 28.3 billion cubic metres.
- Million short tons (M ST)
- — Unit for coal reserves. One short ton equals 2,000 lb or 907 kg.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the highest natural graphite mine production?
- China has the highest natural graphite mine production among the 18 countries with 2025 data at 1,400,000 metric tons as of 2025, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
- Which country has the lowest natural graphite mine production?
- Germany has the lowest natural graphite mine production among the 18 countries with 2025 data at 140 metric tons as of 2025, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
- What is the total natural graphite mine production worldwide?
- The combined natural graphite mine production across 18 countries totals 1,752,880 metric tons as of 2025, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
