Nickel reserves (2025)

Indonesia leads the world in nickel reserves at 62M metric tons in 2025, followed by Australia (25M metric tons) and Brazil (16M metric tons). Russian Federation (8.3M metric tons) and New Caledonia (7.1M metric tons) close out the top 5. Next up, Philippines (4.8M metric tons) and China (4.4M metric tons). Canada (2.2M metric tons) and United States of America (340K metric tons) round out the top nine. The gap across this list is wide: Indonesia has 182× the value of United States of America (340K metric tons). Three of the top nine are in Asia.