In 2023, total world crude steel production was nearly 1.9 billion tons (Gt). The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 54% of world steel production in 2023. In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, China became the first country to produce over one billion tons of steel. 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. India is the 2nd leading producer of iron and steel industries.
Steel production 2015–2025 This is a list of countries by steel production from 2015 to 2025, based on data provided by the World Steel Association. All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 1 million metric tons.
+ Crude steel production in 2015–2025 (million metric tons) Country/Region202520242023202220212020201920182017 2016 2015World1,849.41,886.31,904.11,889.21,962.51,883.31,874.41,808.41,674.8 1,606.3 1,620.4 China960.81,005.11,028.91,018.01,035.21,064.8995.4 920.0831.7 786.9 803.8 India164.9149.4140.8125.3 118.2100.3111.4 109.3101.5 95.5 89.6 United States82.079.581.480.585.872.787.8 86.681.6 78.5 78.9 Japan80.784.087.089.296.383.299.3 104.3104.7 104.8 105.2 Russia 67.871.076.071.577.071.671.7 72.071.3 70.5 71.1 South Korea 61.963.666.7 65.870.467.171.4 72.571.1 68.6 69.7 Turkey 38.136.933.735.140.435.833.7 37.337.5 33.2 31.5 Germany 34.137.335.436.940.235.739.6 42.443.6 42.1 42.7 Brazil33.333.932.034.136.131.432.6 35.4 34.4 30.2 33.3 Iran31.831.430.730.628.329.025.6 24.521.8 17.9 16.1 Vietnam24.722.019.2 20.0 23.019.917.5 15.5 10.3 7.8 5.7 Italy20.720.021.121.624.420.423.2 24.5 24.0 23.3 22.0 Indonesia19.018.616.815.614.812.97.8 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.9 17.119.219.120.823.221.022.0 23.2 23.2 21.8 21.4 Mexico13.513.816.418.418.516.818.4 20.2 20.0 19.0 18.3 Spain11.911.911.411.614.211.013.6 14.3 14.5 13.6 14.9 Canada11.512.312.212.113.011.012.9 13.4 13.7 12.7 12.5 Saudi Arabia10.89.69.99.98.77.88.2 5.2 4.8partial data 5.5 5.7 Egypt10.610.710.49.810.38.27.3 7.8 6.8 5.0 5.5 France9.810.810.012.113.911.614.4 15.4 15.5 14.6 15.0 Malaysia9.09.07.57.26.76.66.8 4.1 2.8 2.8 3.8 Austria7.67.17.17.57.96.87.4 6.9 8.1 7.4 7.7 Ukraine7.47.66.26.321.420.620.8 21.1 22.7 24.2 22.9 Belgium7.27.15.97.06.96.17.88.07.7 7.7 7.2 Poland7.27.16.47.48.57.99.0 10.8 10.3 8.9 9.1 Netherlands6.56.44.76.16.66.16.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 Algeria5.34.54.44.33.53.02.4 2.3 0.4 4.62 4.4 Australia5.24.75.35.65.85.55.5 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.9 Thailand5.04.95.05.35.54.54.2 6.4 4.5 3.8 3.7 Bangladesh4.54.55.06.05.54.75.1 3.8 3.5 — — South Africa4.54.75.04.55.03.96.25.7 6.3 6.1 7.6 Kazakhstan4.34.23.94.24.53.94.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 3.6 Argentina4.03.94.95.14.93.74.6 5.2 4.6 4.1 5.0 Sweden4.04.04.34.44.74.44.7 4.7 4.7 4.62 4.4 United Arab Emirates3.83.73.83.73.02.73.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 Finland3.73.73.83.54.33.53.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 Slovakia3.73.94.43.94.93.43.9 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 Pakistan3.64.15.36.05.43.83.3 4.7 5.0 3.6 2.9 Iraq3.03.02.83.32.82.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 Oman3.03.02.92.92.82.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 Czech Republic2.52.53.44.34.84.54.4 4.9 4.6 5.3 5.3 United Kingdom2.54.05.66.07.27.17.2 7.3 7.5 7.6 10.8 Otherscomposition of other countries vary year to year, thus is not comparable2.32.31.40.30.30.3— —— — — 2.11.92.01.92.02.2—————1.81.81.91.92.11.9————— Belarus1.82.32.32.02.52.52.6 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.6 1.81.81.40.50.50.4—————1.81.81.91.61.60.9—————1.71.21.11.11.01.2—————1.61.61.61.81.20.7—————1.51.41.41.61.11.0—————1.41.41.51.71.71.5—————1.41.31.41.31.31.1—————1.41.31.21.51.51.4—————1.21.21.21.21.31.2—————1.21.21.20.70.70.7—————1.21.21.31.21.20.9—————1.10.90.90.70.7——————1.11.01.00.91.31.3—————1.01.01.01.01.10.9—————0.91.41.62.63.42.83.53.5———0.50.81.21.21.31.2—————
1980–2015 This is a list of countries by steel production from 1980 to 2015, based on data provided by the World Steel Association. All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 2 million metric tons. +Crude steel production in 1980–2015 (million metric tons) Country/Region 2015 2014 2013 2012 World Crude Steel Production 2012 2011World Crude Steel Production 2011 2010World Crude Steel Production 2010 2000 1990 1980 World 1,620.4 1,670.1 1,649.3 1,552.9 1,490.1 1,413.6 850.1 770.4 716.4 China 803.8 822.7 779.0 724.7 683.3 626.7 128.5 66.4 37.1 India 89.6 87.3 81.2 77.3 72.2 68.3 26.9 15.0 9.5 Japan 105.2 110.7 110.6 107.2 107.6 109.6 106.4 110.3 111.4 United States 78.9 88.2 87.0 88.6 86.2 80.6 101.8 89.7 101.4 Russia 71.1 71.5 69.4 70.6 68.7 66.9 59.1 89.6Was part of USSR until 1992 — South Korea 69.7 71.5 66.0 69.3 68.5 58.5 43.1 23.1 8.5 Germany 42.7 42.9 42.6 42.7 44.3 43.8 46.4 44.0 51.1 Turkey 31.5 34.0 34.7 35.9 34.1 29.0 14.3 9.4 2.5 Brazil 33.3 33.9 34.2 34.7 35.2 32.8 27.9 20.6 15.3 Iran 16.1 16.3 15.4 14.5 13.0 12.0 6.6 1.4 0.5 Ukraine 22.9 27.2 32.8 32.9 35.3 33.6 31.8 54.6 52.3 Italy 22.0 23.7 24.1 27.2 28.7 25.8 26.8 25.5 26.5 21.4 23.1 22.3 20.7 20.2 19.8 — — — Indonesia 4.9 4.4 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.6 2.9 2.8 0.5 Mexico 18.3 19.0 18.2 18.1 18.1 17.0 15.6 8.7 7.1 Canada 12.5 12.7 12.4 13.5 13.1 13.0 16.6 12.3 15.9 Spain 14.9 14.3 13.7 13.6 15.6 16.3 15.8 12.9 12.8 France 15.0 16.1 15.7 15.6 15.8 15.4 21.0 19.0 23.1 Egypt 5.5 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.7 2.8 2.2 1.0 Saudi Arabia 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.0 3.0 1.8 0.1 Malaysia 3.8 4.3 4.7 5.6 5.9 4.1 3.7 1.1 0.2 Vietnam 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.3 4.9 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 Austria 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.5 7.2 5.7 4.3 4.6 Belgium 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.1 11.6 11.5 12.3 Poland 9.1 8.6 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.0 10.5 13.6 19.5 Netherlands 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 5.7 5.4 5.3 Thailand 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 4.2 3.7 2.1 0.7 0.5 Australia 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.9 6.4 7.3 7.1 6.6 7.6 South Africa 7.6 6.6 7.2 7.1 6.7 8.5 8.5 8.7 9.1 Algeria 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.2 Kazakhstan 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.7 4.3 4.7 7.4 — Pakistan 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.8 — Sweden 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.2 United Kingdom 10.8 12.1 11.9 9.6 9.5 9.7 15.2 17.8 11.3 Slovakia 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 3.7 5.1Was part of Czechoslovakia until 1993 — Argentina 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.7 5.1 4.5 3.6 2.7 United Arab Emirates 3.0 2.4 2.92.4 2.0 0.5 0.1 — — Finland 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 2.9 2.5 Oman 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 Iraq 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 Czech Republic 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.2 6.2 9.7 — Belarus 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.5 1.5 — North Korea 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.28 1.3 1.3 1.5 7.0 5.8 Hungary 1.68 1.15 0.88 1.54 1.75 1.68 1.87 2.96 3.76 Bulgaria 0.54 0.61 0.52 0.63 0.84 0.74 2.02 2.18 2.57 Others — 28.4 29.5 29.9 29.5 23.3 — — —
Exports and imports This is a list of the top (net) steel exporters and imports in 2023, in millions of tonnes. The net exports is the amount of exports minus the amount of imports, while the net imports is the amount of imports minus the amount of exports.
CountryExportsNetexportsImportsNetimports94.383.211.0–32.226.3––27.012.015.0–excluding intra-regional trade26.0–39.222.022.53.818.7–16.1–18.7–14.63.011.6–13.912.7––12.7–18.05.212.37.3––11.910.2––11.82.89.0–9.9–11.8–9.9–9.8–9.6–12.42.89.52.07.5–8.9–26.417.68.6–14.05.47.8–10.2–7.6–7.1––3.8–––3.6–––2.2–––1.5–––1.5––––17.514.4––13.712.0––11.66.5––8.6––––15.2–––6.9–––4.5–––4.4–––3.4–––2.7–––2.7
World steel production trend Development of the worldwide production of steel in millions of tons. +World production in millions of tons1900–19251925–19501950–19751975–20002000–2023YearProd.YearProd.YearProd.YearProd.YearProd.190028.3192590.41950191.61975643.02000850.1190131.0192693.41951211.11976675.52001851.1190234.51927101.81952211.61977675.62002904.2190336.11928110.01953234.81978717.22003969.9190436.31929120.81954223.81979746.420041,071.4190544.9193095.11955270.01980716.420051,144.0190651.2193169.61956283.51981707.020061,247.1190753.0193250.71957292.51982645.020071,351.3190841.4193368.01958274.31983663.420081,326.5190954.2193482.41959305.71984710.320091,219.7191060.3193599.51960346.41985718.920101,413.6191160.51936124.31961351.31986714.020111,490.1191272.81937135.71962360.11987735.520121,552.9191376.41938110.01963387.11988780.120131,649.3191460.41939137.11964433.41989786.020141,670.1191566.61940140.61965454.01990770.420151,620.4191678.21941153.81966472.71991733.620161,606.3191782.01942151.41967497.21992719.720171,674.8191877.21943159.61968529.81993727.520181,808.4191958.51944151.21969574.61994725.120191,869.9192072.51945113.11970595.41995752.320201,883.3192145.21946111.61971582.61996750.120211,962.5192268.81947136.01972630.71997799.020221,889.2192378.31948155.31973697.51998777.320231,904.1192478.51949160.01974703.81999789.320241,886.3192590.41950191.61975643.02000850.1– See also Steel industry Global steel industry trends List of steel producers List of countries by iron ore production
References
External links World Steel Association American Iron and Steel Institute