Manganese mine production (2025)

With 7.6 million metric tons in 2025, South Africa leads the world in manganese mine production, followed by Gabon (5.0 million metric tons) and Ghana (2.0 million metric tons). The top 5 is rounded off by Australia (1.6 million metric tons) and Brazil (800.0 thousand metric tons). Further down, India (790.0 thousand metric tons) and China (700.0 thousand metric tons) hold the next two spots. Côte d'Ivoire (350.0 thousand metric tons) rounds out the top eight. Across the top eight, South Africa is 22× as high as Côte d'Ivoire (350.0 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%.