Iron ore mine production (usable ore) (2025)

With 980,000 thousand metric tons in 2025, Australia leads the world in iron ore mine production (usable ore), followed by Brazil (420,000 thousand metric tons) and India (310,000 thousand metric tons). The top 5 is rounded off by China (290,000 thousand metric tons) and Iran (93,000 thousand metric tons). Further down, Russian Federation (86,000 thousand metric tons) and Canada (69,000 thousand metric tons) hold the next two spots. South Africa (66,000 thousand metric tons), Ukraine (52,000 thousand metric tons), and United States of America (38,000 thousand metric tons) round out the top ten. At the extremes, Australia is 26× as high as United States of America (38,000 thousand metric tons). Three of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, United States of America saw the largest year-over-year change at -15.7%.