According to statistics from the World Iron and Steel Association, global crude steel production reached 1.864 billion tons in 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 0.9%. Among them, China's crude steel output reached 1.053 billion tons, an increase of 5.2% year-on-year, accounting for 56.5% of global crude steel output. India’s crude steel output was 99.6 million tons, down 10.6% year-on-year; Japan’s crude steel output was 83.2 million tons, down 16.2% year-on-year
Rank |
Country |
2020(MT) |
2019(MT) |
YoY% |
1 |
China |
1053 |
1001.3 |
5.2 |
2 |
India |
99.6 |
111.4 |
-10.6 |
3 |
Japan |
83.2 |
99.3 |
-16.2 |
4 |
Russia |
73.4 |
71.6 |
2.6 |
5 |
America |
72.7 |
87.8 |
-17.2 |
6 |
Korea |
67.1 |
71.4 |
-6.0 |
7 |
Turkey |
35.8 |
33.7 |
6.0 |
8 |
Germany |
35.7 |
39.6 |
-10.0 |
9 |
Brazil |
31.0 |
32.6 |
-4.9 |
10 |
Iran |
29.0 |
25.6 |
13.4 |
11 |
Ukraine |
20.6 |
20.8 |
-1.1 |
12 |
Taiwan, China |
20.6 |
22.0 |
-6.3 |
13 |
Italy |
20.2 |
23.2 |
-12.9 |
14 |
Vietnam |
19.5 |
17.5 |
11.6 |
15 |
Mexico |
16.9 |
18.4 |
-8.3 |
16 |
France |
11.6 |
14.4 |
-19.8 |
17 |
Canada |
11.1 |
12.9 |
-14.1 |
18 |
Spain |
10.9 |
13.6 |
-19.5 |
19 |
Egypt |
8.2 |
7.3 |
13.4 |
20 |
Poland |
7.9 |
9.0 |
-11.9 |
21 |
Saudi Arabia |
7.8 |
8.2 |
-5.1 |
22 |
Indonesia |
7.6 |
7.8 |
-2.4 |
23 |
United Kingdom |
7.2 |
7.2 |
-0.5 |
24 |
Austria |
6.7 |
7.4 |
-10.2 |
25 |
Malaysia |
6.5 |
6.8 |
-4.7 |
26 |
Belgium |
6.1 |
7.8 |
-21.1 |
27 |
Netherlands |
6.1 |
6.7 |
-9.1 |
28 |
Bangladesh |
5.5 |
5.1 |
7.8 |
29 |
Australia |
5.5 |
5.5 |
0.0 |
30 |
Czech Republic |
4.5 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
31 |
Thailand |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
32 |
Sweden |
4.4 |
4.7 |
-6.6 |
33 |
Algeria |
4.0 |
2.4 |
66.7 |
34 |
South Africa |
3.9 |
6.2 |
-37.0 |
35 |
Kazakhstan |
3.8 |
4.1 |
-7.2 |
36 |
Pakistan |
3.7 |
3.3 |
13.3 |
37 |
Argentina |
3.7 |
4.6 |
-21.4 |
38 |
Finland |
3.5 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
39 |
Slovenia |
3.2 |
3.9 |
-18.3 |
40 |
Romania |
2.8 |
3.4 |
-20.0 |
|
Other countries |
35.3 |
39.6 |
-10.6 |
|
Global |
1864 |
1880.1 |
-0.9 |
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