Manganese mine production (2025)

With 7,600 thousand metric tons in 2025, South Africa leads the world in manganese mine production, followed by Gabon (5,000 thousand metric tons) and Ghana (2,000 thousand metric tons). The top 5 is rounded off by Australia (1,600 thousand metric tons) and Brazil (800 thousand metric tons). Further down, India (790 thousand metric tons) and China (700 thousand metric tons) hold the next two spots. Côte d'Ivoire (350 thousand metric tons) rounds out the top eight. At the extremes, South Africa is 22× as high as Côte d'Ivoire (350 thousand metric tons). Four of the top eight are in Africa. Among these countries, Ghana saw the largest year-over-year change at +56.3%.