Crude steel production by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 82.0 Mt in 2025, 3rd of 15 countries and territories with data (highest first).

Highest: China (980.0 Mt, 2025) · Lowest: Ukraine (6.0 Mt, 2024) · 15 countries and territories with data.

Steel produced at steelworks before rolling and other processing. Shows the size of the steel industry. Only the main producing countries for which the USGS reports figures are compared; the latest year is an estimate.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).

World ranking (highest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1China980.0 Mt2025
2India160.0 Mt2025
3United States82.0 Mt2025
4Japan81.0 Mt2025
5Russia65.0 Mt2025
6South Korea60.0 Mt2025
7Germany38.0 Mt2025
8Türkiye37.0 Mt2025
9Brazil35.0 Mt2025
10Iran32.0 Mt2025
11Vietnam23.0 Mt2025
12Italy21.0 Mt2024
13Mexico16.0 Mt2024
14Canada12.0 Mt2024
15Ukraine6.0 Mt2024

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Iron and Steel chapter (entered by hand and updated once a year). License: public domain (U.S. Government work, CC0). Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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