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. The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 53.3% of world steel production in 2019. 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. All countries with annual production of crude steel at least 2 million metric tons are listed.| Rank | Country/Region | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 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 |  People's Republic of 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 | n/a | n/a |
| 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 | 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 | 52.3 | n/a |
| 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 | n/a | n/a |
| 29 |  Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 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 | n/a | n/a |
| 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 | n/a | n/a |
| 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 | — | — |
 Soviet Union | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96.9 | |
| — | Others | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 28.4 | 29.5 | 29.9 | 26.5 | 23.3 | 28.6 | 30.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exports
net: exports - imports| Rank | Country | Mt |
| 1 | China | 74.8 |
| 2 | Japan | 37.5 |
| 3 | South Korea | 31.4 |
| 4 | Russia | 31.1 |
| - | European Union | 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 |
| 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| Rank | Country | Mt |
| - | European Union | 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 |
| Rank | Country | Mt |
| 1 | United States | 25.2 |
| 2 | Thailand | 12.6 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 12.3 |
| - | European Union | 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 |