Indium production (refinery) by country
No recent data for the United States.
Highest: 
China (760 t, 2025) · Lowest: 
Uzbekistan (1 t, 2025) · 9 countries and territories with data.
Indium recovered, mainly during zinc refining. Used in transparent electrodes for LCD panels. 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)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 760 t | 2025 |
| 2 |  South Korea | 180 t | 2025 |
| 3 |  Japan | 65 t | 2025 |
| 4 |  Canada | 40 t | 2025 |
| 5 |  France | 21 t | 2025 |
| 6 |  Belgium | 19 t | 2025 |
| 7 |  Peru | 12 t | 2021 |
| 8 |  Russia | 5 t | 2025 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 1 t | 2025 |
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Indium 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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