List of countries by steel production

This article summarizes the world steel production by country.

In 2019, total world crude steel production was 1869.9 million tonnes (Mt). The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 53.3% of world steel production in 2019.[1] In 2008, 2009, 2015 and 2016 output fell in the majority of steel-producing countries as a result of the global recession. In 2010 and 2017, it started to rise again. Crude steel production contracted in all regions in 2019 except in Asia and the Middle East.

List of countries by steel production

This is a list of countries by steel production in 1967, 1980, 1990, 2000 and from 2007 to 2019, based on data provided by the World Steel Association.[2][3][4][5][6][7] All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 2 million metric tons are listed.

Crude steel production (million metric tons):

Rank (2019)	Country/Region	2019[8][9]	2018[10][11]	2017[1][12]	2016[1][13]	2015[14]	2014[15]	2013[16]	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2000	1990	1980	1967
—	World	1869.9	1808.4	1674.8	1606.3	1620.4	1670.1	1649.3	1552.9	1490.1	1413.6	1219.7	1326.5	1351.3	850.1	770.4	716.4	497.2
1	China	996.3	920.0	831.7	786.9	803.8	822.7	779.0	724.7	683.3	626.7	573.6	500.3	494.9	128.5	66.4	37.1	14.0
2	India	111.2	109.3	101.5	95.5	89.6	87.3	81.2	77.3	72.2	68.3	62.8	57.8	53.5	26.9	15.0	9.5	6.3
3	Japan	99.3	104.3	104.7	104.8	105.2	110.7	110.6	107.2	107.6	109.6	87.5	118.7	120.2	106.4	110.3	111.4	62.0
4	United States	87.9	86.6	81.6	78.5	78.9	88.2	87.0	88.6	86.2	80.6	58.2	91.4	98.1	101.8	89.7	101.4	115.0
5	Russia	71.6	72.0	71.3	70.5	71.1	71.5	69.4	70.6	68.7	66.9	60.0	68.5	72.4	59.1	n/a[17]	n/a[17]	n/a[17]
6	South Korea	71.4	72.5	71.1	68.6	69.7	71.5	66.0	69.3	68.5	58.5	48.6	53.6	51.5	43.1	23.1	8.5	0.3
7	Germany	39.7	42.4	43.6	42.1	42.7	42.9	42.6	42.7	44.3	43.8	32.7	45.8	48.6	46.4	44.0	51.1	41.3
8	Turkey	33.7	37.3	37.5	33.2	31.5	34.0	34.7	35.9	34.1	29.0	25.3	26.8	25.8	14.3	9.4	2.5	1.0
9	Brazil	32.2	35.4	34.4	30.2	33.3	33.9	34.2	34.7	35.2	32.8	26.5	33.7	33.8	27.9	20.6	15.3	3.6
10	Iran	31.9	24.5	21.8	17.9	16.1	16.3	15.4	14.5	13.0	12.0	10.9	10.0	10.1	6.6	1.4	0.5	—
11	Italy	23.2	24.5	24.0	23.3	22.0	23.7	24.1	27.2	28.7	25.8	19.7	30.6	31.6	26.8	25.5	26.5	15.9
12	Taiwan	22.1	23.2	23.2	21.8	21.4	23.1	22.3	20.7	20.2	19.8	15.8	19.9	20.9
13	Ukraine	20.8	21.1	22.7	24.2	22.9	27.2	32.8	32.9	35.3	33.6	29.9	37.3	42.8	31.8	54.6[17]	52.3[17]	n/a[17]
14	Vietnam	20.1	15.5	10.3	7.8	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.3	4.9	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	—
15	Mexico	18.6	20.2	20.0	19.0	18.3	19.0	18.2	18.1	18.1	17.0	14.2	17.2	17.6	15.6	8.7	7.1	3.0
16	France	14.5	15.4	15.5	14.6	15.0	16.1	15.7	15.6	15.8	15.4	12.8	17.9	19.3	21.0	19.0	23.1	19.6
17	Spain	13.6	14.3	14.5	13.6	14.9	14.3	13.7	13.6	15.6	16.3	14.3	18.6	19.0	15.8	12.9	12.8	4.5
18	Canada	12.8	13.4	13.7	12.7	12.5	12.7	12.4	13.5	13.1	13.0	9.0	14.8	15.6	16.6	12.3	15.9	8.8
19	Poland	9.1	10.2	10.3	8.9	9.1	8.6	8.0	8.4	8.8	8.0	7.2	9.7	10.6	10.5	13.6	19.5	10.4
20	Belgium	7.9	8.0	7.7	7.7	7.2	7.3	7.1	7.4	8.1	8.1	5.6	10.7	10.7	11.6	11.5	12.3	9.7
21	Austria	7.4	6.9	8.1	7.4	7.7	7.9	7.9	7.4	7.5	7.2	5.7	7.6	7.6	5.7	4.3	4.6	3.0
22	Egypt	7.3	7.8	6.8	5.0	5.5	6.5	6.8	6.6	6.5	6.7	5.5	6.2	6.2	2.8	2.2	1.0	0.4
23	United Kingdom	7.2	7.3	7.5	7.6	10.8	12.1	11.9	9.6	9.5	9.7	10.1	13.5	14.3	15.2	17.8	11.3	24.3
24	Netherlands	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	7.0	7.0	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.7	5.2	6.8	7.4	5.7	5.4	5.3	3.4
25	Indonesia	6.0	6.2	5.2	4.8	4.9	4.4	2.6	2.3	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.9	4.1	2.9	2.8	0.5	—
26	South Africa	6.3	5.7	6.3	6.1	7.6	6.6	7.2	7.1	6.7	8.5	7.5	8.3	9.1	8.5	8.7	9.1	3.7
27	Australia	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.3	4.9	4.6	4.7	4.9	6.4	7.3	5.2	7.6	7.9	7.1	6.6	7.6	6.3
28	Slovakia	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.6	3.7	4.5	5.1	3.7	5.1[18]	n/a[18]	n/a[18]
29	Saudi Arabia	5.1	5.2	4.8[19]	5.5	5.7	6.3	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.0	4.7	4.7	4.6	3.0	1.8	0.1	—
30	Sweden	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.62	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.9	4.8	2.8	5.2	5.7	5.2	4.5	4.2	4.7
31	Argentina	4.6	5.2	4.6	4.1	5.0	5.5	5.2	5.0	5.7	5.1	4.0	5.5	5.4	4.5	3.6	2.7	1.3
32	Czech Republic	4.6	4.9	4.6	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.2	4.6	6.4	7.1	6.2	9.7[18]	n/a[18]	n/a[18]
33	Thailand	4.2	6.4	4.5	3.8	3.7	4.1	3.6	3.3	4.2	3.7	3.6	5.2	5.6	2.1	0.7	0.5	—
34	Kazakhstan	4.1	4.0	4.4	4.2	3.6	3.7	3.3	3.9	4.7	4.3	4.1	4.3	4.8	4.7	7.4[17]	n/a[17]	n/a[17]
35	Malaysia	4.0	4.1	2.8	2.8	3.8	4.3	4.7	5.6	5.9	4.1	4.0	6.4	6.9	3.7	1.1	0.2	0.1
36	Romania	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.0	3.3	3.8	3.9	2.7	5.0	6.3	4.7	9.7	13.2	4.1
37	Finland	3.5	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.5	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.1	4.4	4.4	4.1	2.9	2.5	0.4
38	United Arab Emirates	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.0	2.4	2.9	2.4	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	—	—	n/a
39	Pakistan	3.3	4.7	5.0	3.6	2.9	2.4	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.2	2.0	1.1	1.0	0.8	—	—
40	Belarus	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.2	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.4	1.5	1.5[17]	—	—
	Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	154.4	147.9	96.9[20]
—	Others[21]	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28.4	29.5	29.9	26.5 (est.)	23.3 (est.)	28.6 (est.)	30.7 (est.)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Exports

net: exports - imports

Top steel exporters in 2017[22]

Rank	Country	Mt
1	China	74.8
2	Japan	37.5
3	South Korea	31.4
4	Russia	31.1
-	European Union[23]	31.1
5	Germany	26.4
6	Italy	18.2
7	Belgium	18.1
8	Turkey	16.6
9	India	16.3
10	Brazil	15.3
11	Ukraine	15.2
12	France	14.8
13	Taiwan	12.1
14	Netherlands	10.9
15	United States	10.2

Top steel net exporters in 2017[22]

Rank	Country	Mt
1	China	60.9
2	Japan	31.2
3	Russia	24.9
4	Ukraine	13.8
5	Brazil	13.0
6	South Korea	12.0
7	India	7.5
8	Taiwan	4.7
9	Iran	4.4
10	Belgium	4.0
11	Austria	3.3
12	Slovakia	2.2
13	Netherlands	2.1

Imports

Net: imports − exports

Top steel importers in 2017[22]

Rank	Country	Mt
-	European Union[23]	41.2
1	United States	35.4
2	Germany	27.1
3	Italy	20.1
4	South Korea	19.3
5	Vietnam	16.2
6	Turkey	15.8
7	France	15.1
8	Thailand	14.5
9	Belgium	14.1
10	China	13.9
11	Mexico	13.5
12	Indonesia	11.0
13	Poland	10.7
14	Spain	9.9
15	India	8.9

Top steel net importers in 2017[22]

Rank	Country	Mt
1	United States	25.2
2	Thailand	12.6
3	Vietnam	12.3
-	European Union[23]	10.1
4	Indonesia	8.7
5	Mexico	8.6
6	Philippines	7.3
7	Malaysia	6.0
8	Algeria	4.6
9	Poland	4.5
10	Pakistan	3.8
11	United Arab Emirates	3.8
12	Saudi Arabia	3.5
13	United Kingdom	3.1
14	Israel	2.8

See also

• Steel industry
• Global steel industry trends
• List of steel producers
• List of countries by iron ore production

References

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18. Was part of Czechoslovakia until 1993
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External links

• World Steel Association
• American Iron and Steel Institute