Rare earths reserves (REO content) (2025)

China leads the world in rare earths reserves (reo content) at 44M metric tons in 2025, followed by Brazil (21M metric tons) and Australia (6.3M metric tons). Russian Federation (3.8M metric tons) and Viet Nam (3.5M metric tons) close out the top 5. Next up, United States of America (1.9M metric tons) and Greenland (1.5M metric tons). United Republic of Tanzania (890K metric tons), South Africa (860K metric tons), and Canada (830K metric tons) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide: China has 53× the value of Canada (830K metric tons). Three of the top ten are in North America.