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2020 global crude steel production ranking

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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