Selenium production (refinery) by country
No recent data for the United States.
Highest: 
China (2,000 t, 2025) · Lowest: 
Uzbekistan (2 t, 2025) · 17 countries and territories with data.
Selenium recovered, mainly as a by-product of copper refining. Used in glass coloring and electronic materials. 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 | 2,000 t | 2025 |
| 2 |  Japan | 640 t | 2025 |
| 3 |  Russia | 320 t | 2025 |
| 4 |  Belgium | 200 t | 2025 |
| 5 |  Canada | 130 t | 2025 |
| 6 |  India | 90 t | 2025 |
| 7 |  Mexico | 88 t | 2025 |
| 8 |  Serbia | 71 t | 2025 |
| 9 |  Poland | 67 t | 2025 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan | 50 t | 2025 |
| 11 |  Peru | 48 t | 2025 |
| 12 |  Germany | 47 t | 2025 |
| 13 |  Türkiye | 43 t | 2025 |
| 14 |  Finland | 39 t | 2025 |
| 15 |  South Africa | 10 t | 2025 |
| 16 |  Sweden | 4 t | 2023 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 2 t | 2025 |
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Selenium 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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